President Joe Biden and first lady to land at RDU early Friday, holding rally at NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Raleigh on Friday, the day after the presidential debate with Donald Trump.

According to a news release from the White House, Biden will travel to Raleigh immediately following his debate with Trump.

The Bidens are scheduled to land around 1:50 a.m. ET Friday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

WRAL News has learned Friday’s Biden rally will be held at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. It’s not known what time the rally begins.

Grammy-nominated artist Fat Joe and rapper E-40 are expected to join the Bidens.

Jill Biden visited North Carolina days earlier at a campaign fundraiser on Tuesday in Charlotte.

Trump leads Biden in recent polling in the state of North Carolina.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has held an edge in recent polling over Biden in the Tar Heel State heading into their November rematch, but polling suggests Trump’s convictions could shrink the gap.

Recent presidential elections have been extremely close in North Carolina. Trump won the state in 2016 and 2020 — each time with just under 50% of the vote. In 2020, Trump beat Biden by just 74,483 votes out of the more than 5.5 million ballots cast.

Thirteen percent of North Carolina voters who cast a ballot for Trump in 2020 said they’d be less likely to vote for Trump again if he were convicted of a criminal charge, according to a WRAL poll released in March.

Limited details were available about the Bidens’ visit.