Sunday 22 May 2022 07:55 PM Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman released from hospital after ... trends now

Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman was released from the hospital on Sunday after he suffered a stroke just days before his successful primary election.

The progressive populist checked himself into the hospital last Friday and had to have a pacemaker implanted on Election Day - meaning he was absent for his Tuesday night victory party over Rep. Conor Lamb, a moderate. 

Meanwhile another Democrat vying for office in the Commonwealth, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, said on Sunday that he would 'welcome' President Joe Biden's help campaigning ahead of November's gubernatorial election.

Shapiro is going to be up against Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano, who is backed by Donald Trump.

Biden narrowly won the battleground state over Trump in the 2020 presidential election, though multiple crises including rising crime and record inflation have seen the president's popularity sink to record lows so far during his first term in office.

His approval rating in a Sunday morning CBS News/YouGov poll stands at just 44 percent, with his disapproval at 56 percent. 

It's served to alienate several politicians within Biden's own party like Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke, who has previously said he has 'no interest' in national figures like the president aiding their campaigns.

But when asked about the prospect on CNN's State of the Union, Shapiro appeared receptive to the possibility.

'Well, look, he's from Pennsylvania, and I will welcome him here,' Shapiro told host Dana Bash.

'But I'm focused on running a race here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, listening to the people of Washington County, not Washington, D.C.'