--- title: Hillary Clinton to Welcome Jay-Z, Beyonce on Campaign Trail description: Beyoncé is reportedly set to join Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday in Ohio. canonical: https://time.com/4558261/beyonce-hillary-clinton-jay-z-campaign/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-04T13:56:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:23.558Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton to Welcome Jay-Z, Beyonce on Campaign Trail og:description: Beyoncé is reportedly set to join Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday in Ohio. og:url: https://time.com/4558261/beyonce-hillary-clinton-jay-z-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ff271ae8a4f989/6988ad01196cf47ea803dd67/gettyimages-620680194.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's Coverage Of The 50th Annual CMA Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton to Welcome Jay-Z, Beyonce on Campaign Trail twitter:description: Beyoncé is reportedly set to join Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday in Ohio. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ff271ae8a4f989/6988ad01196cf47ea803dd67/gettyimages-620680194.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Report: Hillary Clinton to Get Beyoncé Bump on Campaign Trail by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 4, 2016 1:56 PM UTC  Beyoncé performs at the 50th Annual CMA Awards, Nov. 2 2016. Beyoncé performs at the 50th Annual CMA Awards, Nov. 2 2016.Image Group LA—ABC via Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 4, 2016 1:56 PM UTC Beyoncé is reportedly set to join Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday in Ohio, as the final days in race for the Presidency begin. According to a source for [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beyonce-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-source/), the singer will be joining her husband Jay-Z at Cleveland State University for a get-out-the-vote concert, although the Clinton campaign has not provided a comment on the report. Ohio is a [key battleground state ](http://time.com/4506472/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-ohio/?iid=sr-link1)in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, where a recent poll put Clinton’s opponent Donald Trump [ahead by two points](http://time.com/4558203/donald-trump-livestream-new-hampshire-ohio-pennsylvania/?iid=sr-link1). With a line up of performers including Katy Perry and John Legend, CBS News reported that Friday’s concert is an attempt to win over the area’s young and African-American voters, as well as encourage Ohio residents to vote early ahead of Tuesday’s election day. Trump will also be appearing in the swing state at 4pm, as he speaks at an event in Wilmington. \[[_CBS News_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beyonce-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-source/)\] Hillary Clinton to Welcome Jay-Z, Beyonce on Campaign Trail ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4558261/beyonce-hillary-clinton-jay-z-campaign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4558261/beyonce-hillary-clinton-jay-z-campaign/"},"headline":"Report: Hillary Clinton to Get Beyoncé Bump on Campaign Trail","datePublished":"2016-11-04T13:56:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:23.558Z","description":"The singer is reportedly set to join her husband Jay-Z in campaigning for the Democratic presidential candidate","url":"https://time.com/4558261/beyonce-hillary-clinton-jay-z-campaign/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hillary Clinton","Beyonce","2016 presidential election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ff271ae8a4f989/6988ad01196cf47ea803dd67/gettyimages-620680194.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ff271ae8a4f989/6988ad01196cf47ea803dd67/gettyimages-620680194.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's Coverage Of The 50th Annual CMA Awards","caption":"ABC's Coverage Of The 50th Annual CMA Awards","creditText":"Image Group LA—ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4558261/beyonce-hillary-clinton-jay-z-campaign/","name":"Report: Hillary Clinton to Get Beyoncé Bump on Campaign Trail"}}]}] ```