Biden lands key endorsement, Sanders touts momentum as Democrats campaign in South Carolina

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Simon Lewis CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won the endorsement of an influential black congressman from South Carolina on Wednesday, which could prove pivotal as he competes with current national front-runner Bernie Sanders for the support of the state's black voters in Saturday's primary. Recent polls show Biden, once the leading candidate in the race to be the Democratic nominee in November, losing ground nationally with black voters to the surging Vermont senator

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