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Is Biden Considering a 2020 Presidential Run?

<p>Former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday said he is not ruling out a presidential run in 2020 &lpar;keep in mind&comma; if elected&comma; he would be 78 years old on inauguration day&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I&rsquo&semi;m really hoping that some other folks step up&comma;&rdquo&semi; Biden told MSNBC host Al Sharpton&period; &ldquo&semi;I think we have some really good people&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden&comma; who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008&comma; says he needs to be certain that whoever earns the nomination in 2020 is someone who can beat Trump&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When asked what &&num;8211&semi; if anything &&num;8211&semi; would make him seriously consider running in 2020&comma; Biden said&comma; &ldquo&semi;I&rsquo&semi;ve got to be able to look in the mirror&comma; and&comma; if I walk away&comma; know I&rsquo&semi;m not walking away because I&rsquo&semi;m afraid or I&rsquo&semi;m worried about losing or that I just don&rsquo&semi;t want to take on the responsibility&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden had been serious about running in 2016 until the tragic death of his son Beau in 2015&period; The former vice president says he has &&num;8220&semi;plenty of time to consider whether or not to run&&num;8221&semi; and&comma; for the time being&comma; is focused on &&num;8220&semi;electing a&nbsp&semi;Democratic Congress to stop this erosion of the core of who we are&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden&&num;8217&semi;s&nbsp&semi;deliberations about running for president coincide with the claim that he could have beaten Donald Trump in a high school fight&period; &ldquo&semi;If we were in high school&comma; I&rsquo&semi;d take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him&comma;&rdquo&semi; Biden told a group of students at the University of Miami&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Trump responded on Twitter&colon;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy&period; Actually&comma; he is weak&comma; both mentally and physically&comma; and yet he threatens me&hellip&semi;he would go down fast and hard&comma; crying all the way&period; Don&rsquo&semi;t threaten people Joe&excl;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden is currently on tour promoting his new book&comma; his cancer initiative&comma; his new domestic policy institute in Delaware&comma; and his new PAC&comma; American Possibilities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> It appears that Joe is publicizing his book tour&period; Bet you &dollar;10 he won&&num;8217&semi;t run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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