Bruce Springsteen lends his voice, and a song, to campaign ad for Joe Biden
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It is not the first time the iconic singer-songwriter has shown his support for the former US vice-president.
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NEW YORK (AFP) - American rock star Bruce Springsteen is lending his voice and one of his songs to a campaign ad for Mr Joe Biden, underlining his support for the Democratic candidate just days before the United States presidential election on Tuesday (Nov 3).
It will not be the first time the iconic singer-songwriter has shown his support for the former US vice-president.
In August, Springsteen granted permission for the Biden campaign to use his song The Rising as background music to a video shown at the opening of the Democratic National Convention.
He has publicly lashed incumbent President Donald Trump as a "threat to our democracy".
In narrating the campaign ad, which airs for the first time on Saturday, Springsteen talks about Mr Biden's blue-collar roots in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a battleground state likely to play a crucial role in the election.
"Scranton, Pennsylvania," the Boss says on the video. "Here, success isn't handed down. It's forged with sweat, grit and determination."
It was a barely-veiled allusion to Mr Trump, whose millionaire father gave him a substantial chunk of his fortune.
"This place stays with him, these streets are part of him," the 71-year-old singer says of Mr Biden. "This is more than where he's from, it is who he is for."
The message, to be broadcast on Saturday evening during a college football game, ends to the swelling sounds of My Hometown, from what is probably Springsteen's most famous album, Born In The USA.
