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Joe Biden: My Family Wants Me to Run for President

“I’m not there yet,” he added. “I don’t want to mislead you.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden told reporters Tuesday that while he has not yet made a “final decision” on whether he’ll run for president, his family is supportive of the idea. “[T]here’s a consensus I should—they…want me to run,” he said, according to The Washington Post. “The first hurdle for me was deciding whether or not I am comfortable taking the family through what would be a very very, very difficult campaign.” He added, however, that there were a “couple hurdles” left before he could make a definitive decision—which he said he was “very close” to doing. “I don’t want to his to be a fool’s errand,” he said. “I’m not there yet. I don’t want to mislead you.” If he did run, Biden said he would “not be part of a Super PAC,” a political action committee that can raise unlimited amounts of money from corporations, groups, and individuals. “I can die a happy man never having lived in the White House,” he said. “But what I don’t want to do is take people’s time, effort and commitment without there being a clear shot I could be the nominee. I think I can.”

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