US Election 2020: Biden and Trump hit swing states
Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been travelling across the nation as the US election race enters its final hours.
Republican President Trump, 74, visited five battleground states while his 77-year-old Democratic challenger spoke at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, where the race also looks tight.
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Mr Biden, a former vice-president, has a healthy national lead in the latest polls ahead of Tuesday's election.
But his advantage is narrower in key states which could decide the result.
More than 90 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, putting the country on course for its highest turnout in a century.
The election comes amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The US has recorded more cases and more deaths than any other country worldwide, reporting more than 81,000 new infections on Sunday alone.
In Michigan, Mr Trump boasted his leadership the state's car manufacturing industry had been revived.
"The economy is now growing at the fastest rate ever recorded," he claimed.
The US economy saw record-breaking 33% growth in the third financial quarter of this year, following a record 31% contraction in the second. But economists warn the damage inflicted by the pandemic - the biggest decline in the US economy in more than 80 years - could still take years to overcome.
At a later rally in Iowa, Mr Trump promised secure borders and more conservative judges in the courts.
Addressing Covid-19, he told supporters they had a choice between a "deadly Biden lockdown" or "a safe vaccine that ends the pandemic".