Joe Biden Says He Is Going to Run for President in 2020
"Yeah I am."
By Chelsea Stone
Vice president Joe Biden opted not to run for the highest office in the land in 2016, but it seems that his presidential hopes have been recently reignited. Biden told members of the press on Monday night after presiding over the Senate that he might run for president in 2020.
"Are you going to run again?" asked a reporter somewhat jokingly, after Biden mentioned how much he loved the Senate and public service.
To which Joe replied, "Yeah I am. I am going to run in 2020 so uh."
"For what?" another reporter asked.
"For president," Biden clarified. "And also, what the hell man, anyway."
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell then told the VP, "We're going to run with that sir if you drop that."
"That's OK. That's OK," Biden replied.
A few moments later, when reporters asked to clarify once more if he was being serious (as one does when Joe Biden announces a presidential run in such a shockingly casual way), Biden didn't backtrack.
"I'm not committing not to run," he said. "I'm not committing to anything. I learned a long time ago, fate has a strange way of intervening."
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Well, there you have it, folks. Time to clean out your closet to make way for all the Biden 2020 merch; the VP has his sights set on the Oval Office, and he declared it to the world in the most Joe Biden-like fashion possible. "And also, what the hell man, anyway," is right.
Related: Bernie Sanders Isn't Ruling Out a 2020 Presidential Run
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