PoliticoJoe Biden: ‘I’m the most qualified person in the country to be president’
- The 76-year-old Democrat made the comments on a tour to promote his 2017 book ‘Promise Me, Dad’
- Biden said his family would be the deciding factor
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Jesus Rodriguez on politico.com on December 4, 2018.
Former US vice-president Joe Biden is fuelling more 2020 speculation, claiming that he is “the most qualified person in the country to be president” and teasing that an announcement about his candidacy could come within six weeks.
Biden has been flirting with another presidential run after deciding not to seek the highest office in 2016, a decision he has said he regrets every day.
But his remarks Monday evening in Missoula, Montana, where he was promoting his book Promise Me, Dad, suggested the wheels of a White House bid may already be in motion.
“I've been doing this my whole adult life, and the issues that are the most consequential relating to the plight of the middle class and our foreign policy are things that I have – even my critics would acknowledge, I may not be right but I know a great deal about it.”