Former Vice President Joe Biden said that he’s “very close” to making a decision on whether to run in 2020 now that his family is on board.
“The most important people in my life want me to run,” Biden said during a speaking engagement Tuesday at the University of Delaware.
CNN first reported the comments.
Biden said his “first hurdle” was deciding whether he is “comfortable” putting his family through a “very, very difficult campaign” when it comes to both the Democratic primary and a possible general election against President Donald Trump.
Biden added that the “second piece” is not wanting the run “to be a fool’s errand.”
“I want to make sure that if we do this – and we’re very close to getting to a decision – that I am fully prepared to do it,” Biden said.
Biden added that it would be the “greatest honor” of his life to be President, but that he has to make sure that he could run a “first rate effort” and be clear on the direction he thinks the country should go.
Biden has reportedly made job offers to potential staffers in the key early state of New Hampshire, according to National Journal. HuffPost also reported that Biden has made job offers in South Carolina.
A conversation with Vice President Joe Biden and Presidential Historian Jon Meacham at the University of Delaware.
Posted by UD Biden School of Public Policy and Administration on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
If you are this indecisive about running for president, perhaps you shouldn’t. (As Biden should know, that is a job that demands lots of decisions with complicated and long-lasting consequences, often with only less than desirable choices.) Run or don’t run. Hardly anyone is going to beg.
That sounds like somebody that is running to me.
Biden And Harris. Would love to see that. I feel that for any candidate, their potential running mate is far more important now and earlier in definition than before. However, considering Harris is running, it might be iffy to get that.
Otherwise, Joe, don’t.
Age 78 in 2020. Even Bernie’s younger. There’s no clamor for either of them.
Just. Don’t.