This Pete Souza White House photo shows Biden as we often see him — with a big smile.
To run or not to run. That is the decision facing Vice President Joe Biden. By all accounts — inside the Beltway, across the political spectrum, and from potential donors and supporters nationwide — the vice president has not yet decided whether to face the grueling task of launching a third bid for the presidency.
It’s hard to blame him. If you watched Biden’s recent interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, you would see a man still reeling from the death of his son Beau from brain cancer, who reportedly urged his father to run one more time.
“I don’t think any man or woman should run for president unless, No. 1, they know exactly why they would want to be president, and No. 2, they can look at the folks out there and say, ‘I promise you that you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion to do this.’ And I’d be lying if I said that I knew I was there,” Biden told Colbert.