Former us Vice-President Joe Biden said that his participation in the presidential race of 2020 will depend on whether his family to pass this test.
Yesterday, December 3, 76-year-old Biden spoke at the University of Montana in Missoula as part of a tour dedicated to the memoir, «Promise me, dad,» about his older son Joseffa.
«I think I’m the most worthy candidate for President. The issues that we face in the country today, are the problems on which I have worked all my adult life: the plight of the middle class and foreign policy, Biden said to the audience. But we as a family have to make a decision whether we are ready [for this]».
According to the former Vice-President, even his opponents admit that he is well versed in the important issues for the country.
«I have two small grandchildren from my son. They love and adore me and want me around. I want to take care of them, so we need to find out whether we, as a family, to do it,» Biden said, adding that the decision will take 1.5–2 months.
The last 2 years Biden openly opposed to President Trump. During the performance, among its disadvantages, he called the age of sponsorship and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act in 1994, but stressed that it’s better than «the guy who can’t tell the truth.»
In his book, «Promise me, dad,» Biden describes in detail how the death of his elder son brought him to the presidential race of 2016.
In 2013, Gioseffo Beau Biden was diagnosed with brain cancer. After a successful course of chemotherapy, he relapsed. In 2015, the 46-year-old Joseph died. He, like his father, engaged in public activities — was the attorney General of Delaware, and was planning to run for Governor of the state.
