Washington (CNN) Joe Biden further aligned himself with Barack Obama in his latest campaign video released Tuesday, another sign of how he intends to lean heavily into his relationship with the former president as he tries to top a crowded Democratic primary field.

Biden didn't mention Obama when he announced his campaign in a video Thursday, but his latest video , "America: Anything is Possible," uses portions of Obama's laudatory speech when he presented Biden with the Medal of Freedom in 2017.

"Joe's candid counsel has made me a better president," Obama says in his speech. "He could not have been a more effective partner in the progress that we've made." The video also includes stills of Biden seated next to Obama in the Situation Room.

The Obama team was well aware that the Biden campaign was going to use the former president's glowing words about his vice president as part of its rollout, a top Democrat familiar with the matter told CNN.

Biden's team briefed Obama's advisers of their rollout in advance, including Tuesday's video — and other things that are still to come.

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