Story highlights "I wish I could've protected her from the attacks that came at her, but I didn't know any way to do that," Biden said

Hill said last year that Biden hadn't taken "ownership of his role in what happened"

Washington (CNN) Former Vice President Joe Biden, while continuing to express regret about Anita Hill's 1991 experience testifying that Supreme Court then-nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her, has not contacted Hill to apologize.

Biden has said recently that he regrets the way the infamous Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing went, which he chaired as a Democratic senator from Delaware, and the way people treated Hill. He went as far as saying in an interview published last month that he owes Hill an apology.

However, in an interview Thursday on PBS "NewsHour," Biden said he had not contacted her.

"No, I haven't contacted Anita Hill. I hadn't planned on it. I'm always happy to see her," Biden said.

Hill had come forward to make public an accusation of sexual harassment against Thomas, which the nominee denied and many of his' supporters attacked her for. Thomas' nomination subsequently was confirmed.

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