Bestselling spiritual author presses on with against-the-odds US presidential run

'The most important things you do in life, not because there’s guaranteed success on some external level, but because you feel in your heart it’s the right thing to do,' says Williamson. Photo: AP

Marianne Williamson has kept barnstorming for months across America - to audiences large and small, from churches and colleges to spiritual centers and soup kitchens - in a demanding schedule of appearances in her second tenacious, against-the-odds run for the presidency.

The bestselling spiritual author and one-time advisor to Oprah Winfrey didn’t make it to the 2020 primaries in a wide-open Democratic field. Now she is running against a sitting president from her own party, and the Democratic establishment has closed ranks behind Joe Biden.