Biden opposes Confederate flag

Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph R. Biden Jr. said he thinks the Confederate flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds in Columbia, where its presence remains an issue more than six years after the flag was taken down from the Capitol dome. “As people become more and more aware of what it means to African Americans here, this is only a matter of time,” the Delaware senator said at a National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People rally at the Statehouse.