Joe Biden's campaign denies speculation that Biden is considering a pledge to serve only one term if elected president.
, including the possibility of announcing a one-term pledge or the early selection of a running mate. But aides have also insisted those ideas were ultimately cast aside.
Biden himself answered flatly “no” when asked by a reporter in August if he would consider a pledge to serve only one term. The Politico story quotes Biden as being more circumspect when asked by The Associated Press about the idea in October. “I feel good and all I can say is, watch me, you’ll see,” he said. “It doesn’t mean I would run a second term. I’m not going to make that judgment at this moment.
Biden would be 81 as he approached a potential re-election bid; his age has been a recurring topic on the campaign trail, among voters and his Democratic rivals. Last week in Iowa, a voter who also challenged Biden about his son’s business ties in Ukraine also questioned whether he had the mental faculties to serve, prompting Biden to challenge the man to a pushup contest.
Bedingfield’s tweet does not address what Biden may have told confidantes privately. But Biden’s closest advisers have long stressed that what the former vice president might tell friends and allies in private conversations does not necessarily always indicate his true thinking, and that he often takes a position — even one he doesn’t intend to pursue — in conversations with others to try to vet ideas.
Biden has said publicly that he might not have run for the presidency in 2020 if Donald Trump were not in office. At a campaign stop in Iowa last month, Biden said,"the person who I anticipated running for president this year was Beau Biden, not Joe Biden,” referring to his son, who died in 2015.
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