Report: Biden Leaked Son’s Dying Wish for Him to Run for President in 2016

Monica Sanchez | October 6, 2015
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Politico published an exclusive on Tuesday, claiming that it was Vice President Joe Biden himself who leaked the story of his son’s dying wish for him to run for the White House in 2016. 

Apparently, Biden placed an ad in The New York Times asking the newspaper to call regarding his family's tragic loss and a potential bid for the presidency.

Politico reports,

Joe Biden has been making his 2016 deliberations all about his late son since August.

“Aug. 1, to be exact — the day renowned Hillary Clinton-critic Maureen Dowd published a column that marked a turning point in the presidential speculation.

“According to multiple sources, it was Biden himself who talked to her, painting a tragic portrait of a dying son, Beau’s face partially paralyzed, sitting his father down and trying to make him promise to run for president because ‘the White House should not revert to the Clintons and that the country would be better off with Biden values.’

It was no coincidence that the preliminary pieces around a prospective campaign started moving right after that column. People read Dowd and started reaching out, those around the vice president would say by way of defensive explanation. He was just answering the phone and listening.

“But in truth, Biden had effectively placed an ad in The New York Times, asking them to call.

Politico added that, while his thoughts toward launching a campaign may be grounded in emotion, they are also calculated.

“Calculation sort of sounds crass, but I guess that’s what it is,” said one person who’s recently spoken to Biden about the prospect of running.

“The head is further down the road than the heart is.”

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