Biden moves on to SC: Fight is 'just beginning'

Predicting early on that he would "take a hit" in New Hampshire's primary after a distant fourth-place finish in Iowa, Joe Biden moved on to South Carolina Tuesday, a state critical to his campaign's success.

With the New Hampshire primary results still coming in, Joe Biden held a rally in Columbia, telling the crowd he is only getting started.

"We just heard from the first two of fifty states, two," Biden said. "Where I come from, that's the opening bell, not the closing bell," he added.

Speaking to a diverse crowd of supporters, Biden said 99 percent of African Americans and 98 percent of Latinos have not had the chance to vote yet.

"So when you hear all these pundits and experts and cable TV talkers talked about the race, tell them it ain't over, man. We're just getting started. Our votes count, too," Biden said to applause.

The former vice president has a lot at stake in South Carolina, where he has led polling and has long relationships with the heavily black electorate. But other candidates including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and billionaire Tom Steyer have been campaigning hard in the state.

Biden says in a release he plans to travel later in the week to Nevada, which holds its caucus vote later this month.