Report: Biden’s sons urged him to run for president

[Capt. Obvious]

Vice President Joe Biden's sons urged him to run for president in 2016, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.

Biden’s son, Beau, reportedly coaxed his father to jump into the race in the months before Beau Biden died from brain cancer in May at the age of 46.

“It’s no secret that Beau wanted him to run,” Dick Harpootlian, a former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, told the Journal. “If he does what Beau wanted him to do, he’ll run."

Beau’s Biden’s brother, Hunter, has also worked to convince the vice president that he should mount his own presidential bid, according to the report.

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If Joe Biden runs, he would be considered an underdog to Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. But polls show Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) running close to Clinton in the key early state of New Hampshire, which could prompt more challengers to enter the field.

The Hill

[Autumn]

1. I hope he does run.

[Sancho]

2. Biden would certainly be a strong candidate.

In terms of experience, he would be very strong.

[CTyankee]

3. It would be hard for anyone to run a negative campaign against this man...after what we all went

through with the tragedy of Beau's death. It would certainly make other candidates, either in the primary or the general, be a lot more
sensitive and to stick with the issues...

[davidpdx]

4. aw, I was just wondering about this in the thread that said John King was reporting

that Biden would run. I had a feeling that Beau would have encouraged him to run before he passed.