Biden Launches $50 Million Ad Campaign Targeting Trump

June 17, 2024 5:18 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is spending $50 million through the end of June targeting voters in key swing states. The spending includes boosting a new ad that highlights former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction. It signals that the Democratic incumbent is seeking harder than ever to make his opponent’s legal woes an issue. Announced Monday, such a costly advertising push is unusual with Election Day still more than four and a half months away. But Biden’s campaign says it wants to more clearly define the choice between the two candidates ahead of the first debate between them in Atlanta on June 27.