Kamala Harris celebrates 60th in Georgia

Democrat Kamala Harris kicked off her 60th birthday with a church visit in Georgia in an effort to court early voters.

Harris and former President Trump, 78, are focusing on Georgia, Pennsylvania, and a handful of other states likely to decide the election. Both parties have strong support in these states, and electoral results have been close in past cycles.

Harris, raised in the teachings of the Black church and sang in a church choir, attended a service and spoke at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, about 50 km east of Atlanta.

Invoking her childhood experiences in a Black church, Harris drew a sharp contrast to the harsh and divisive rhetoric of the current political climate. However, she did not mention Trump by name.

She will also speak at Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro, just south of Atlanta, where she plans to encourage worshippers to exercise their voting rights.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump wished a happy birthday to his opponent Kamala Harris prompting the crowd to boo during a town hall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

During the event, Trump suggested that President Joe Biden might harbor more favorable feelings towards him than towards his Vice President, who he blames for taking Biden's role as the Democratic candidate for president.

While highlighting his own cognitive skills, Trump, 78, also said great leaders throughout history have been in the eighties.

Harris marked her 60th birthday while campaigning in Georgia.

The former president is seeking to take advantage of what he felt was an improved position for him in opinion polls that show a deadlocked race. Some voters already have sent mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, the biggest prize on Election Day among battleground states.