In a move sure to stir talk about a 2020 presidential run, Former Vice President Joe Biden endorsed the Democratic candidate for mayor in Manchester, New Hampshire Friday morning.
Democrat Joyce Craig has also received help from Rep. John Delaney — who has already declared his 2020 candidacy — and rumored 2020 candidates former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. WMUR first reported that Biden endorsed Craig.
New Hampshire is the first primary state in the nation.
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Biden spoke to InStyle magazine in a recent profile ahead of the release of his memoir, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.”
“I haven’t decided to run,” Biden said. “But I’ve decided I’m not going to decide not to run. We’ll see what happens.”
CHICAGO, IL – NOVEMBER 01: Former vice president Joe Biden speaks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on November 1, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Biden addressed the consequences of U.S. disengagement from world leadership at the event. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
He continued to say, “This moment in American history sort of fits into my wheelhouse and the strengths I have.”