Joe Biden is not running for president in 2016

October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 thawngno

Vice President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday in the Rose Garden of the White House that he is not running for president in 2016. “Unfortunately, I believe we’re out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination,” Biden declared in a hastily announced and emotional statement. The vice president spoke with his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, and President Obama standing at his side.

The announcement came one day before Clinton is to testify before the Republican-run House of Representatives committee looking into the deadly Benghazi attacks of 2012.

Biden, who has spent his entire adult life in politics and made two failed runs for the presidency, pledged to keep defending Obama’s legacy and fighting for the middle class, and warned Democratic candidates against running away from the president’s record. “This is what I believe: I believe that President Obama has led this nation from crisis to recovery and we’re now on the cusp of resurgence. I’m proud to have played a part in that,” Biden said.

Biden had long seemed eager to mount another presidential run, casting himself as the logical heir to the Obama legacy, and eager to turn two terms as a well-regarded vice president in a consequential administration into a shot at the top job. But hid son’s death in May dealt a crushing emotional blow to the Biden family. Yahoo news