joe biden ever made. >> what do a few thousand pounds of fried fish have to do with winning south carolina? >> i don't know if it has anything to do with winning but it gives candidates an opportunity to interact with those people that we have out there working the polls, knocking on doors. >> clyburn's been frying fish for decades here. while the menu hasn't changed much, the political landscape has, especially for one joe biden, who took the stage as the man to beat in south carolina, a departure from fish fry's past when he stood in tshadow of bar obama and hillary clinton. >> ladies and gentlemen, barack obama. >> the former vp won't let that connection be lost this time around. >> it's a delight to be here with jim and it was pointed out the highest ranking of america in history other than president obama. >> it's the state where a