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Joe Biden just turned Donald Trump’s most famous catchphrase against him
“No matter where you were raised, how can there be pleasure in saying ‘you're fired’?”
ByLibby Nelson
Politics
Joe Biden's best chance is to run as the defender of Obama's legacy
On education, trade, and health someone should make the case for Obama-ism.
ByMatthew Yglesias
Politics
The case for Joe Biden to run for president
The vice president is the rightful heir to the Obama legacy, and he may be the only viable alternative to Hillary Clinton.
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
This Daily Show clip shows how Joe Biden built his jokey "Uncle Joe" persona
"I tried that crap — it didn't work!"
ByDylan Matthews
Politics
Biden's best argument against Clinton: "I don't consider Republicans enemies"
Joe Biden is using Hillary Clinton’s biggest debate mistake against her.
ByEzra Klein
Politics
All the times Joe Biden was about to decide whether he's running for president
Since the summer.
ByAndrew Prokop
Politics
Why it would be really hard for Joe Biden to win the Democratic nomination
The primary electorate, the party, and the American public have all shown a lack of enthusiasm for a Biden bid.
ByAndrew Prokop
Politics
Watch the new Joe Biden ad running on CNN
"A job is about more than a paycheck," the vice president says in the ad by a group encouraging him to run. "It's about being able to look your child in the eye and say, 'honey, it's going to be okay,' and mean it and know it's true."
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
Imagine how the press would react if Hillary Clinton did what Joe Biden just did
Candidates deemed "authentic" are allowed to get away with quite a lot.
ByAndrew Prokop
Mischiefs of Faction
Who benefits from Biden's biding?
Whether Joe runs or not, these folks will win.
ByRichard Skinner
Politics
CNN is basically begging Joe Biden to join its Democratic debate
The network's new rules make it as easy as possible for him.
ByAndrew Prokop
Politics
Clinton is racking up key endorsem*nts even as Sanders surges and Biden weighs getting in
The paradox there — Democratic officials swinging in line behind Clinton even as Sanders is showing strength in polling — speaks both to the skill Clinton's demonstrated as an inside political player and the edge that gives her in the primary.
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
Watch Stephen Colbert stop the jokes to have a deeply emotional interview with Joe Biden
The late-night comedian and the vice president discussed grief and resilience in the aftermath of deaths in their families.
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
Why I don’t think Joe Biden should run for president
A poor politician and a so-so senator who failed in his biggest moments.
ByMatthew Yglesias
Explainers
If Joe Biden runs for president, he's going to have a big problem with Black Lives Matter
If Vice President Joe Biden became the next president, he could be tasked with fixing a problem he helped create: mass incarceration.
ByGerman Lopez
Politics
Why it might be good for Hillary Clinton if Joe Biden runs
In the absence of a competitive race the media can cover, they're just covering Hillary Clinton's scandals.
ByEzra Klein
Politics
What will Obama do if Biden runs for president?
— and 9 more things to know to start the day.
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
Clinton campaign tries to calm allies as Biden eyes run
— and 9 more things to know today.
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
New poll: NH Democrats prefer Sanders to Clinton, and want Biden to run
A rough poll for Team Hillary.
ByEzra Klein
Politics
We're one Joe Biden away from the greatest presidential campaign in generations
The 2016 race was supposed to be a snooze-fest. But it's already the best race since at least 1980.
ByJonathan Allen
Criminal Justice
Why DC loves Biden's terrible plan to divide Iraq
It's a terrible idea — and more popular than ever among Washington's foreign-policy makers.
ByMax Fisher
Politics
Biden's the dove and Hillary's the hawk on foreign policy
And 9 other things you should know to start the day.
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
Biden allies push him toward 2016 campaign
And 9 other things you should know to start the day.
ByJonathan Allen
Politics
Joe Biden’s closest allies are donating to Hillary Clinton. There's a very good reason.
For top political appointees who would like to keep working in the next administration, writing a big check is an obvious call.
ByJonathan AllenandSoo Oh
Politics
Beau Biden, son of Joe Biden, has died
"Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known," his father said.
ByVox Staff
Politics
Joe Biden's life and career are woven with tragedy
"There will come a day – I promise you, and your parents as well – when the thought of your son or daughter, or your husband or wife, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye."
ByEzra Klein
Joe Biden
Joe Biden: “By focusing on my sons, I found my redemption”
Before his son's death, the vice president gave a powerful speech about how much his family meant to him.
ByLibby Nelson
Politics
Read Beau Biden's touching 2008 speech about his relationship with his father
"As a single parent, he decided to be there to put us to bed, to be there when we woke from a bad dream, to make us breakfast, so he'd travel to and from Washington, four hours a day."
BySarah Kliff
Politics
Obama: "Beau Biden believed the best of us all"
Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer
ByEzra Klein
Joe Biden
Why Joe Biden can't get no respect
There's a cultural rift between Biden and the party he seeks to lead.
ByEzra Klein
Health Care
How the war on drugs made raves more dangerous
In many ways, the RAVE Act is a metaphor for the entire war on drugs.
ByGerman Lopez
Politics
Watch Joe Biden surprise Ellen for her birthday
Biden talked about Obamacare — and gave Ellen a present.
ByGerman Lopez
Joe Biden
13 pictures of Joe Biden looking like VPOTUS
Secret photos revealed of Joe Biden just doing his job.
ByEzra Klein
Joe Biden
US responds to the Central American migrant crisis
The government's going to put more families in detention
ByDara Lind
Joe Biden
Did Biden leak a secret plan to end deportations?
Vice President Biden just said something in Miami about immigration that was either a massive fib, or a massive revelation. But which?
ByDara Lind
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