Vice President Joe Biden’s son, who has returned after serving a tour with the Army National Guard in Iraq, says he’ll take his time to decide whether to seek his father’s Senate seat.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain are coming to Virginia to help their parties’ candidates for governor. The Democratic vice president will help R. Creigh Deeds at a private fundraiser in Alexandria tomorrow. McCain, a Republican U.S. senator from Arizona, will help rally veterans to support Bob McDonnell at an Oct. 17 rally in Hampton Roads, which has a large population of veterans.

Delaware Republican congressman and former governor Michael Castle announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Joe Biden after the Democrat was elected vice president.

Vice President Joe Biden will welcome home his son, and the other members of the 261st Signal Brigade, as they return to Delaware from Iraq.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. strongly defended the Obama administration’s $787 billion economic-stimulus package yesterday, saying it has prevented the country from going into an even deeper recession. “I am absolutely, positively confident that we are on the right track,“ he told an audience of about 140 students, faculty members and invited guests at the Henrico County campus of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.

The last stop on Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.‘s trip to Virginia came along Henrico County’s affluent River Road corridor, where he attended a private fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds. Standing in the spacious, but crowded kitchen of Leon and Lisa Roday, Biden told roughly 100 well-heeled donors that Deeds is the “real deal” who would not change his beliefs for the sake of political expediency.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will appear at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Henrico County tomorrow afternoon to promote the federal stimulus package. “The vice president will discuss how the Recovery Act is building a 21st-century economy in the Richmond area and across the nation,“ according to a statement from Biden’s office.

BALTIMORE—The Orioles say Vice President Joe Biden will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Baltimore’s season-opening game against the New York Yankees. The Orioles are scheduled to play the Yankees at Orioles Park at Camden Yards at 4:05 p.m. today. The team says Biden will be the first sitting vice president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at the stadium.

There is apparently talk in Washington of Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine becoming the nation’s next secretary of education. But Kaine this morning on a radio appearance said it’s “news to me.“

Americans have been knocked down by the failed economic policies of President Bush, but it’s time to get up and work together to change things, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden Jr. told supporters yesterday. “I’ve never seen so many Americans knocked down,“ Biden said. “It’s time for us to get back up. It’s time for us together to get back up and demand the change we need.“

Americans have been knocked down by the failed economic policies of President Bush, but it’s time to get up and work together to change things, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden Jr. told supporters yesterday. “I’ve never seen so many Americans knocked down,“ Biden said. “It’s time for us to get back up. It’s time for us together to get back up and demand the change we need.“

Joe Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, begins a two-day swing across Southside Virginia today. He’ll be in Martinsville and Danville today and in Suffolk tomorrow. On the Republican side, two of the party’s big names are coming to Chesterfield and Virginia Beach. Former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani and Steve Forbes, the publisher and former presidential candidate, will appear tomorrow on behalf of John McCain.

The vice presidential hopefuls are coming back to Virginia. Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden heads here tomorrow, when he’ll appear at Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville at 6:45 p.m. Doors open at 4:45. To attend, visit www.va.barackobama.com. Then, Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin makes three stops in the state Monday. She’ll be at J.R.‘s Festival Lakes in Leesburg, Hurkamp Park in Fredericksburg, and the Salem Civic Center in Salem. Details have not been released, but check back at virginia.johnmccain.com.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said yesterday it’s unfair that executives of failed corporations are paid millions of dollars while their employees lose their pensions. Biden vowed that he and Barack Obama would attack corporate greed if they’re elected. Biden took direct aim at executives who draw big salaries while leading failed companies. “Their pensions go first,“ he told his audience.