Biden Throws Support Behind Clinton: ‘God Willing’ She’ll Be President

Vice President Joseph Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, as President Barack Obama began remarks with NATO Secretar... Vice President Joseph Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, as President Barack Obama began remarks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) MORE LESS

Hillary Clinton racked up another high-profile supporter Thursday with Vice President Joe Biden now backing her campaign, The Hill reported.

Biden casually announced his support for Clinton while talking about the Supreme Court vacancy during a speech at the American Constitution Society convention.

“Keep in mind, we have another entire term of this potential confusion if the vote is not allowed this year,” he said, as quoted by The Hill. “Anybody who thinks that whatever the next president— and God willing, in my view, it’ll be Secretary Clinton. Now I don’t say that for political reasons, but whoever it is, even if it is a Democrat, the idea this will be brought up within a month or two or three is highly unlikely.”

The low-key endorsement elicited cheers from the crowd, The Hill reported.

Biden met with Clinton’s opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), earlier Thursday and praised his ability to get young people active in the election.

“They discussed the need for the national conversation to continue to focus on the defining fight of our time: retaining and expanding access to the middle class, and the need for the Democratic Party to continue to embrace these new voters as we work toward victory in November,” Biden’s office told The Hill.

This is not the first time Biden has hinted at his support for Clinton. In May, he said he felt “confident” that Clinton would be president.

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  1. Okay God. Get busy please

  2. There was never any doubt in my mind that Joe wouldn’t be behind Hillary 100%. In addition to the picture accompanying this article, I noted quite a few photographically recorded moments of Joe-Hillary conviviality from Obama’s first term.

    http://images.politico.com/global/2014/02/26/140226_thrush_biden_hillary_getty.jpg

    A casual but cynical observer might have suspected that they were having it off in Cheney’s walk-in safe at the Naval Observatory. Personally, I just think that Joe and Hillary are two people who get along extremely well together. Joe seems to always be able to make Hillary laugh. That’s okay – he makes me laugh too.

  3. Love ya Joe, but I’ll put my faith the the American people, and not in someone’s very, very strongly held belief in a fairy tale.

  4. Not “God willing” but “Democrats willing.”

  5. Teams all in , Game is all on.

    Trump is small peanuts in fact. We are going to waylay him and leave him muttering for momma.

    The real goals that we can achieve are the big picture. Trump will be roadkill along the way.

    The Obama/Biden agenda for one is worth maintaining and increasing, Biden and Barack are very aware of this.

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