Former Secretary of State John Kerry John Forbes KerryThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates Divided country, divided church TV ads favored Biden 2-1 in past month MORE will travel to New Hampshire to campaign for former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden National postal mail handlers union endorses Biden MORE Saturday ahead of the Granite State’s Tuesday presidential primary, the Biden campaign announced Thursday.

Kerry will hold events for his fellow Obama administration alumnus in Manchester, Litchfield and Portsmouth as part of Biden’s “Vote Joe, Beat Trump” surrogate tour, which will last through the primary and involve more than 20 surrogates in the state’s 10 counties.

The former Massachusetts senator was reported over the weekend to be considering entering the presidential race himself, citing concern over Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE’s (I-Vt.) rise in the polls. Kerry sharply denied those reports on Twitter, tweeting, “As I told the reporter, I am absolutely not running for President. Any report otherwise is f---ing (or categorically) false. I’ve been proud to campaign with my good friend Joe Biden, who is going to win the nomination, beat Trump, and make an outstanding president.”

Kerry later deleted the tweet and rewrote it without the profanity.

New Hampshire, where Sanders is the putative favorite according to recent polling, will be a crucial state for the former vice president after tentative results from this week's Iowa caucus put him in fourth place.