Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Tom Steyer speaks with fellow Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day parade in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden raised money for his re-election campaign on Wednesday at the San Francisco home of billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer as part of an end-of-the-quarter push to bolster his 2024 chances. Biden later was to attend a second fundraising event in San Francisco hosted by a co-founder of Facebook, Andrew McCollum. He spoke at a fundraiser in Atherton, California, on Tuesday hosted by hosted by Liz Simons and Mark Heising. A month ago Biden spent a week of vacation at a vacation home owned by Steyer on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.

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Persons: Tom Steyer, Joe Biden, Martin Luther King Jr, Sam Wolfe, Biden, Andrew McCollum, McCollum, Liz Simons, Mark Heising, Jeff Mason, Steve Holland, Josie Kao Organizations: Democratic U.S, U.S, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, San, Facebook, Washington, Steyer, Thomson Locations: Columbia , South Carolina, U.S, San Francisco, Atherton , California, Phoenix, Nevada, Lake Tahoe