Even with the family's blessing, former Vice President Joe Biden seemed somewhat hesitant given what is sure to be a grueling campaign involving a crowded Democratic primary field and likely a brutal general election campaign against President Trump.
"As my family and I have worked through the grieving process, I've said all along what I've said time and again to others, that it may very well be that the process by the time we get through it closes the window. I've concluded it has closed," Biden said in the White House Rose Garden in October 2015 alongside his wife and Obama.
But Biden has clearly missed being in the mix, after a nearly four-decade career in the Senate before becoming vice president. He's been urged to run by many in his party who believe he could appeal to white, working-class voters that 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton failed to win over from Trump — leading to the president's crucial wins in Rust Belt states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Those variables also seemed to be factoring into Biden's looming decision, as he told the crowd Tuesday that"the second piece is that I don't want this to be a fool's errand, and 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.
"I can die a happy man having never lived in the White House," Biden said."But what I don't want to do is I don't want to take people's time, effort and commitment without there being a clear shot that I could be the nominee. I think we can.""I think that's where we are, but there's still a couple hurdles to go through to make sure we have all this in place and we conclude that — I would announce, and I would run for president.
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