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Biden on 2020: ‘not sure it’s the appropriate thing’ to do

By ZEKE MILLER Biden suggested that if “no
Associated Press one steps up,” he’d be
WASHINGTON (AP) — For- open to giving it another
mer Vice President Joe try.
Biden said he is uncertain “I’m not doing anything to
about a run for president run,” he said. “I’m not tak-
in 2020, but indicated he’s ing names, I’m not raising
looking for fresh blood to money, I’m not talking to
lead the Democratic Party anybody, but something’s
back to the White House. got to happen.”
“I’ve done it a long time,” Biden has launched a
said Biden, who previously handful of outside political
ran for president in 1988 and policy organizations
and 2008, “and I’m just not since leaving the Obama
sure it’s the appropriate administration, includ-
thing for me to do.” ing the Biden Foundation,
His comments came in an formed to advocate for his
interview with Snapchat’s domestic priorities.
‘Good Luck America’ set to The roster of Democrats
be released Tuesday morn- considering a White House
ing, in one of Biden’s first run has swelled well into
on-camera interviews since the double-digits, with
leaving office in January. potential candidates em-
The Associated Press was boldened by President
provided with an exclusive In this May 24, 2017, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden delivers the annual Harvard Donald Trump’s historically
preview of the interview. College Class Day address on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. low poll numbers.
Associated Press Biden was interviewed
alongside Ohio Gov. John
Kasich, a Republican, at
the University of Delaware
last month.
“We’re both hoping that
both our parties generate
some real energetic peo-
ple who have the depth
and the capacity to do it,”
Biden said of the pair.
Biden, 74, considered a
run for the Oval Office in
2016, but decided against
it, later citing the trauma
of his son Beau’s death
to cancer in May 2015 for
keeping him from the race.
The painful subject forms
the story of his new mem-
oir, ‘Promise Me, Dad,’ set
for release this week. Biden
is launching a month-long
tour to promote the book’s
publication. He’s become
a vocal critic of Trump’s
administration in public
appearances in recent
months.
“We gotta turn this ship
around,” Biden said of the
country. “And I’d much
prefer to be helping some-
one turn it around than be-
ing the guy trying to turn it
around.”
In an interview with Oprah
Winfrey released Sunday,
Biden said he regrets not
being in the White House,
but not his decision to stay
on the sidelines last year. “I
don’t regret the decision
I made because it’s the
right decision for my fam-
ily,” he said.q