Indiana dad who lost youngest son to fentanyl runs for Congress to end tragedies of border crisis

An Indiana father who lost his youngest son to a fentanyl overdose is running for Congress to end tragedies like the one that befell his family, which he blames squarely on the border crisis worsening under President Biden.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Jamison Carrier, a local businessman who has never held elected office, described himself as "as much of an outsider as you could possibly be," and expressed his motivation to address the crisis that he says way too many families across the country have been forced to face.

"It will be two years ago, April 15th, that we lost Joey," Carrier told Fox. "Over 300 Americans are dying every day from fentanyl poisoning. If a jetliner was going down every day, we would stop everything and get it fixed. Unfortunately, we haven't seen that sense of urgency with this, and that's why I'm running."

Carrier tossed his hat into the race for Indiana's 6th Congressional District earlier this year after Republican Rep. Greg Pence, the brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, announced that he would not seek re-election. The seat is considered solidly Republican, with most of the competition expected in the GOP primary May 7.