Hillary Clinton gave Democrats in northeast Pennsylvania the first look at a new ally in her quest for the White House on Monday.

Vice President Joe Biden joined the Democratic presidential hopeful on the campaign trail for the first time this year. They decided to make their first appearance in Scranton, a city where both can claim family ties.Clinton seemed happy to let Biden take much of the attention throughout the rally. And Bidenshowed the same charm that helped him unite Democrats around President Barack Obama's campaign in 2008.Biden didn't hold anything back in warning the crowd about the dangers of a Donald Trump presidency."This man is utterly, thoroughly unqualified to be the president of the United States of America," Biden told the thousands of attendees gathered at an indoor soccer facility.The Islamic State group wants the United States to engage in a holy war, Biden said, and Trump is providing the ideological ammunition. The head of the militant group Hezbollah recently echoed Trump's claim that President Barack Obama started ISIS.Biden said Trump's comments about NATO and claims thatObama started ISIS are hurting the country's standing abroad, and even could place our troops in danger."This guy's shame knows no bounds. He's even asked Putin and Russia to conduct cyberattacks against the United States of America," Biden said.Clinton spoke more about her plans for change here at home, but also had some digs at Trump. She criticized his tax plan, which she said would fail to help working families while giving someone in Trump's tax bracket a big break.Clinton, in remarks that were similar to her speech at the Democratic National Convention, praised the Obama-Biden administration for pulling the country back from the brink of financial crisis in 2009. She said that she plans to build on their work by lowering inequality."My top priority is to create economy that works for everyone," she said.She reiterated her five-point plan to accomplish that - a huge investment in job creation, making college debt-free, making companies pay their fair share of taxes, rewarding companies that keep jobs here, and paid family leave.She recalled how about 100 years ago her grandfather's employer, the Scranton Lace Company, provided good health benefits and profit-sharing, which allowed her family to make a better life for their children and grandchildren.Both Clinton and Biden expressed pride in their relatives who came from Scranton. Biden got emotional talking about how his father tried and failed to pay for a college education for him.While Biden said those early setbacks strengthened him, he said that Clinton's goal is to make sure that parents across the country don't have to tell their talented, or disabled, or any child that they can't provide for them."Home is where your character is stamped, It's where your character is stamped in your soul, where your view of the world began. For me that was Washington Street, where we learned that money doesn't determine your net worth," Biden said.Biden's appearance seemed to energize local Democrats. He is one of many Democrats, including Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine, helping to share Clinton's message with voters who may not like hearing it come from the candidate herself."I think he's the great storyteller, and he can tell her story better than she can. She is the mechanics. She is the machine. She implements, he tells the story," Carol Guerieri of Hawley said.Others were pleased that Biden wasn't afraid to stand up to Trump's attacks, and level some of his own."I think he clarified Trump's weaknesses on foreign policy - in case anybody was still wondering," Barb O'Malley of Scranton said.Longtime Democrat Mary Hunter of Waymart was clearly pleased to have seen Biden in person, and said that voters have to get to know Clinton."I have been absolutely in love with Joe Biden for many years. I think he's a very honest and truthful man. And Hillary Clinton, no matter what they say about her, they don't know Hillary, and they do not realize how competent she really is," Hunter said.