Biden on Decision: Jill Said, 'I Think You're Right'

But she also 'thought he would have been the best president'
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 25, 2015 12:47 PM CDT

Joe and Jill Biden on '60 Minutes.'
(CBS News)

Joe and Jill Biden sat down with 60 Minutes in the aftermath of his decision not to seek the Oval Office, and CBS News has released a preview in which the vice president discusses the moment of decision. "I came home and Hunter, our son was upstairs, with mom, with Jill. And I walked in and I said, 'You know, I just don't think there's time.' I've just decided. 'I don't think we can run the kind of campaign we have to run to be able to win.' ... I remember Jill just got up off the couch, gave me a big hug, and said, 'I think you're right.'" Asked whether she was relieved by the decision, Jill Biden says that she "was disappointed. I believed he would have been the best president." The clip is in the gallery. (More Joe Biden stories.)

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