Joe Biden finally breaks his silence on 2016 speculation

The New York Times set off a fresh round of speculation over the weekend that Joe Biden may enter the 2016 presidential contest, first with a Maureen Dowd column reporting that Biden "has been having meetings at his Washington residence to explore the idea of taking on Hillary in Iowa and New Hampshire," and then with an article from the paper's Amy Chozick essentially corroborating Dowd's reporting.

Much of the political chattering class has been consumed by will-he-or-won't-he talk in the days since, and on Tuesday, Biden finally broke his silence on the matter.

At the end of a meeting with UN Ambassador Samantha Powers in the White House today, Biden jokingly replied to a reporter questioning whether he'd mount a bid.

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Published on August 04, 2015 14:22
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