Topics for Joe Biden’s address to Democrats haven’t been announced but he’s likely to discuss how the caucus can woo enough middle-class, working voters to win back the House in November. | Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Glamour Biden to be keynote speaker at House Democratic retreat

Former Vice President Joe Biden will headline the House Democratic retreat next week, according to a person familiar with the planning.

Biden will be the keynote speaker at the three-day confab, which kicks off in Cambridge, Maryland, on Feb. 7. Biden will address the 194-member caucus on the opening day, the person familiar with the planning said.


Government funding runs out Feb. 8 — in the middle of the annual event — but Democrats are still expected to attend if the House and Senate can pass another short-term funding bill early next week.

Biden, 75, has not ruled out challenging President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020 and continues to poll well among Democratic voters as a potential presidential candidate.

And Biden — the “scrappy kid from Scranton,” as former President Barack Obama once described him — has the potential to cut into the working-class base that propelled Trump to victory.

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Topics for Biden’s address to Democrats haven’t been announced but he’s likely to discuss how the caucus can woo enough middle- and working-class voters to win back the House in November.

Democrats struggled with their message in the 2016 election, particularly among blue-collar voters and picked up just six seats.

Now, with Trump’s low approval rating, a string of Republican retirements and history on their side — the midterms generally favor the party not in the White House — Democrats have a chance at picking up the 24 seats or more they’d need to take control of the chamber.

The former vice president has recently returned to the spotlight as he embarks on a nationwide tour for his new book, which discusses his decision not to run for president in 2016 after the death of his son Beau.

