Trump claims Biden is 'worried' and back out campaigning as Democrat visits family graves

President spends his morning ranting on Fox as his opponent heads to church and visits his son’s grave

It was a very different Election Day morning for the two major party candidates.

Former Vice President Joe Biden visited his son Beau’s grave and went to church before 8:00 a.m. local time, before heading to Philadelphia and Scranton for his final campaign stops.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump was on Fox News, nearly 45 minutes late to an interview with the conservative network’s morning show, which has regularly interviewed him throughout his re-election bid.

With a hoarse voice, the president attacked Fox News for its coverage of the election and slammed his opponent, claiming Mr Biden was “worried” and back out campaigning in the final days of the campaign.

Mr Trump predicted he would secure more than the 306 electoral votes he won in 2016 while claiming Mr Biden’s turnout at recent rallies had been low, saying on Tuesday: “Fortunately he’s drawing flies, he’s not getting anybody to go listen to him too much. Actually, Fox puts him on more than anybody else, which is just sort of shocking to me, because Fox has changed a lot.”

Both the Republican incumbent and his Democratic opponent have issued their closing arguments in recent weeks across the country, with Mr Trump claiming his administration was spearheading a historic economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic, and Mr Biden arguing the president’s handling of the crisis was “almost criminal” and a failure of his duties. 

Visiting several battleground states on Monday, the president played clips of Mr Biden at his campaign rally in an apparent attempt to mock his opponent during the final hours of the campaign season. 

National polls have shown Mr Biden with a considerable lead against Mr Trump. 

The former vice president was leading in several key battleground states in the days leading up to Election Day, with a five percent lead in Pennsylvania, and stronger leads in states like Michigan and Wisconsin. 

Mr Trump noted on Tuesday morning how his opponent’s final campaign stops were in Pennsylvania, claiming Mr Biden was “worried” and campaigning in the state out of fear that he would face a defeat in the region.

In reality, the Biden campaign has long seen Pennsylvania as a battleground, having went to former President Barack Obama before going to Mr Trump in 2016. Democrats and polling analysts have said Mr Biden has a clear path to the White House if he can win the state. 

The Trump campaign appeared to mock Mr Biden as he visited his son’s grave, with national press secretary Hogan Gidley writing on Twitter as the Democrat was leaving church: “Hey, anyone know if Joe Biden has called a ‘lid’ yet?”