Joe Biden is expected to speak Wednesday, as the presidential race remained too close to call. All eyes are on a handful of battleground states where Biden appears to be making gains against President Trump.
Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania have not yet been called. CBS News projected on Wednesday afternoon that Biden had won Maine.
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A senior Biden campaign adviser says that the former vice president's comments this afternoon, whenever they occur, are set to serve as "an update" on where things stand. The aide described the expected statement as "more good news" on their path to 270 and nothing that isn't already becoming apparent as the vote count continues in the remaining states.
Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, Biden's campaign manager, projected optimism Wednesday about Biden's chances of winning the White House, telling reporters in a briefing that the campaign believes Biden is "on a clear path to victory."
"Joe Biden is on track to win this election, and he will be the next president of the United States," O'Malley Dillon said.
O'Malley Dillon said the Biden campaign believes the former vice president will have clear leads in states that would put him over 270 electoral votes by this afternoon, and expects Biden to emerge victorious in Wisconsin, Nevada, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
"We just need any three or four of those states above to get us to 270, so we think that this is already a foregone conclusion," she said.
Bo Erickson, Ed O'Keefe and Melissa Quinn contributed to this report.