Joe Biden asked Barack Obama not to support his candidacy for the US presidency

Shortly after the announcement of the former vice president, a source close to Obama said that it was "unlikely" that the former president would support him so early, saying that He believed that the solid primary debate that he had lived in the run-up to the 2008 elections I had made it a better candidate.

"I asked President Obama not to support" my candidacy, Biden told the press in Wilmington, Delaware, adding: "Whoever wins this nomination should win it on its own merits."

Biden is the last to join a large and diverse group of Democrats who want to be a candidate for the nomination of his party. face Donald Trump in 2020.

Obama and Biden "have forged a special bond" over his eight years at the helm of the administration and remain close to each other, according to Obama's spokesman. , Katie Hill

"The fundamental values ​​of our nation, our presence in the world, our democracy, everything that has made the United States what they are, are at stake. That's why I am announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the United States today, "Biden told his Twitter account at the launch of his candidacy.

"I think history will be based on the four years of this president and all that it represents as an abominable moment, but if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will change to never the nature of this nation, and I can not sit idly by and that will happen, "he added.

Biden, 76, was vice president of the United States between 2009 and 2017 under the presidency of Obama and became the last Democrat to have expressed his intention to participate internally. The long list includes Senator de Vemont, Bernie Sanders, the senator from Mbadachusetts Elizabeth Warren and the representative from Ohio Tim Ryan, in addition to 16 other candidates.

Born in 1942 into a Catholic family in Pennsylvania, he became a lawyer in 1968, studies that allowed him to avoid conscription in the military at the time of the Vietnam War. He then began to participate in politics as an independent and joined the Democratic Party in 1969, before obtaining an unexpected victory in the US Senate elections in 1972, representing the state of the United States. Delaware.

"Welcome to the Sleepy Joe Run [Joe el somnoliento]", began to say Trump on his Twitter account. "I only hope that you have the intelligence, something that has always been in doubt, to lead a successful campaign internally", he added.

"It will be very dirty, you will have to deal with people who have very sick and insane ideas," warned the head of state, Biden.