NEW: Former VP Biden set to announce presidential run in Thursday video, followed by an appearance in Pittsburgh on Monday for an event at a local union hall.
on Thursday comes after months of suspense over whether he would join the primary field, although it appeared to be all but certain in recent weeks. Even the date of his announcement video appeared to be in flux, as other outlets reported it would be released on Wednesday.
This will be Biden's third run for the White House. Both prior campaigns — in the 1988 and 2008 election cycles — ended well before the Democratic primary process had played out. After that 2008 bid, Barack Obama tapped Biden as his running mate, and Biden went on to serve as Obama's vice president for eight years after a more than three-decade career in the Senate representing Delaware.
Biden's lengthy record in Washington has already come under intense scrutiny ahead of his expected bid.
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