Manchin to embark on book tour for memoir detailing his centrist political career

Former U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is hitting the road in September to promote his upcoming memoir “ Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense .”

The 288-page book will be published on Sept. 16, but the book tour — which includes five in-person stops and one virtual event — will run from Sept. 12-22, according to social media posts from Manchin.

The book, according to Manchin, will “pull back the curtain on the thought process behind [his] decisions and have candid conversations about how we fix what’s broken, find compromise and put country before party.”

Manchin will kick off the tour at West Virginia University — the only stop scheduled in his home state — on Sept. 12. Hoppy Kercheval, a longtime West Virginia political commentator and former host of MetroNews Talkline, will moderate a d