Mayo town ‘buzzing’ ahead of Biden visit, says relative of US president

Joe Blewitt is a distant cousin of US President Joe Biden (Brian Lawless/PA)

The town of Ballina in Co Mayo will never have witnessed anything like the visit of Joe Biden, a relative of the US president has said.

Joe Blewitt, a third cousin of Mr Biden, said there is a “great buzz” in the area ahead of the president’s arrival.