“Choosing Joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions I ever made and he became a close friend,” said Barack Obama in his endorsement video. “I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now.”
Obama and Biden in 2008. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden, his former vice-president and the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, in a 12-minute video on Tuesday.
The endorsement marks Obama’s entry into the 2020 campaign. He remained largely above the fray during the Democratic primary, offering counsel to candidates behind the scenes, but choosing to stay quiet publicly. His thinking, New York reported in February, was that the party was headed toward a messy summer, with a potential contested convention. Obama anticipated playing a “prominent role in bringing the party back together and calming its tensions.
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