WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden's office confirmed Wednesday the veep will travel to Minnesota for a rally to help Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan Oct. 23.

The rally will be held in Hibbing.

No additional details were given, but a blogger working at Hibbing Community College confirmed it would be held at the school.

The trip will come just a week and a half before Election Day amid the state's most contested Congressional district race. Nolan, who is in his first current term, faces GOP challenger Stewart Mills, whose family launched Mills Fleet Farm stores in 1922. Nolan also served in the House of Representatives in the 1970s.

Most polls put the race close, within the margin of error, though a Democratic Campaign Congressional Committeee internal poll released earlier this month showed Nolan gaining on Mills.