By Associated Press |COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — U.S. President Joe Biden easily won South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, clinching a state he pushed to lead off his party’s nominating process after it revived his then-struggling White House bid four years ago. Biden defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina’s ballot, including Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson. He won all 55 of the state’s Democratic delegates. South Carolina is reliably Republican, but 26% of its residents are Black. Biden pushed for a revamped primary calendar that will see Nevada go second, holding its primary on Tuesday.
