Biden Targeted in Attack Ad as Being Too Close to Business

  • Spot focuses on 2005 clash with Warren over bankruptcy law
  • Investor buys $500,000 of air time in Iowa, New Hampshire
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A disgruntled investor has bought $500,000 worth of ads attacking Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden over a clash with Elizabeth Warren at a 2005 hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The spots are the biggest purchase of third-party attack ads of the primary season. They were bought by Shirley Shawe, a shareholder in a business that was embroiled in a long-running ownership dispute, and criticize Biden as being too close to corporate interests as a U.S. senator from Delaware.