Former Vice President Joe Biden came out swinging at a campaign relaunch Saturday, promising to outwork his opponents and check Donald Trump on his divisive politics.

He told a crowd in Philadelphia that his presidential campaign would not be about 'hate' and 'anger' and he would take a 'different path' if elected.

'If the American people want a president to add to our division, to lead with a clenched fist, closed hand and a hard heart, to demonize the opponents and spew hatred — they don't need me. They've got President Donald Trump,' he said.

Former Vice President Joe Biden came out swinging at a campaign relaunch Saturday, promising to outwork his opponents and check Donald Trump on his divisive politics

After the rally Biden shook hands with supporters and took selfies. He declined to say whether he'd be willing to serve as VP again, in response to a question from DailyMail.com at a barricade

Biden campaigned in Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon. His wife, Jill Biden (pictured), is a native of the area. She grew up in a Philadelphia suburb

Biden levied several attacks on President Trump - blasting the rival politician's 'alternative facts' on the economy and saying the Trump inherited current growth from the previous administration.





'Just like he inherited everything else in his life. Just like everything else he's been given in his life, he's in the process of squandering that, as well,' he accused.

Calling it the 'Obama-Biden' economy, the former vice president linked himself to the two-term president who promoted him out of the U.S. Senate.

Barack Obama was an extraordinary man,' he said in one of several references to the former running mate. 'He was a great president.'





Biden sought to capitalize on the Obama's popularity in the speech in which he promoted himself as someone who won't shy away from a 'bare-knuckle fight' with Republicans when push comes to shove.





'That's what it took to pass the Affordable Care Act,' he said. 'That was a tough fight. And it was a big deal.'





He said the nation's first black president was and is a role model for children.





'He was a great president, and I was proud to serve as his vice president but never more proud than the day that we passed health care,' he said, referring to an achievement that coincided with his telling Obama the legislative victory was a 'big f**king deal.'`





He added, 'But it was done by Barack Obama without a single Republican vote, so I know how to get things done helping. I know how to go toe-to-toe with the GOP. But it doesn't have to be, and it cannot be that way on every single issue.'





Before the rally, senior advisor Symone Sanders told press that Biden - whose campaign playlist includes Stevie Wonder's 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered,' Obama's campaign theme song - isn't trying to ride his former running mate's coattails into office.



'He will have to go out there and make his case on the campaign trail. And the case that we're making is a case about restoring the backbone and the soul of this country and uniting this country,' she said. 'He is not running on a third iteration of Obama, unlike some other people who might have done that one time before. That's not what we do.'





Obama has not endorsed Biden, or anyone else in the race, and aides to the former president has said he has no plans to make his preference public.





Biden announced his candidacy in an April video, and held his first rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, days later. Like other 2020 candidates, however, he held a second, hometown launch in Philadelphia weeks into the race.





His wife Jill is a native of the area, and Biden was born hours away in Scranton.





He has selected Philadelphia for his official campaign headquarters, in an effort to play up his appeal to the common man after spending more than three decades in Washington.





Good Old Days: Joe Biden and Barack Obama share a stage together at the Democratic National Convention in 2008 before they were elected as a joint ticket

Opening up his rally, Biden told a Philadelphia crowd, 'This campaign is just getting started.'

He promised a crowd of 6,000, according to the campaign, that he would 'work harder' than his opponents, whom he has pledged not to criticize.

'That's not how we do it. Other campaigns do it this way,' he observed. You will not hear me speak ill about a Democrat.'

Biden reserved his insults for Trump, whom he accused of scapegoating and demonizing.

'Our politics have become so mean, so petty and so angry,' he said, lowering his voice. 'Instead of listening, we shout.'

He said to applause, ‘No more, No more.’ He assessed, 'Our politics today traffic in division, and our president is the divider in chief.’

Trump has taken special notice of Biden's candidacy, smacking the politician who could topple him in speeches and dubbing him 'Sleepy Joe' in a less-than-subtle attack on the Democrat who's only a few years older than him.

At 78, the former Delaware senator would be eight years older than Trump was at his inauguration in January of 2021, the next-swearing in. Trump broke a previous record, taking office at age 70.

It's likely Biden's last shot at competing for an introductory term in the the office he's coveted since he withdrew from the race early amid a plagiarism scandal in 1988. He joined Obama's ticket after another failed bid in 2008.

He declined to say Saturday whether he'd be willing to serve the country in that position again after California Sen. Kamala Harris told a DailyMail.com reporter that he's welcome to be her vice president.

'Oh, she is a wonderful person,' he said as he shook hands with supporters crowding metal bike racks.

He did not answer the question posed by DailyMail.com about his willingness to be Harris' sidekick.

Biden took to the stage in Philadelphia wearing aviator sunglasses, a trademark look for him

Biden has selected Philadelphia for his official campaign headquarters, in an effort to emphasize his appeal to the common man

Biden currently commands nearly twice as much support as his next closest opponent in the race, Bernie Sanders, and has locked in early endorsements in Pennsylvania, a state that acted as a springboard for Trump in 2016. The Republican candidate beat Clinton there, after she shared a stage with Obama there during one of her final rallies.

A Quinnipiac University poll published last week gave Biden a double-digit lead over Trump in the state in 2020. Pollsters determined that Biden would beat Trump 53-42, if the election were now instead of a year and a half away.

Despite the groundswell of support for Biden, his wife, Jill, was the only notable political figure to speak on his behalf at the rally.

She highlighted her connection to the city as she introduced her husband.

'No matter where I go and where I am, I will always be a Philly girl,' she said.

She said in a speech that it is her husband's 'moment' and the entire Biden family supports him.

It’s a moment for someone who can bring us together. It’s a moment for Joe Biden,' she said. 'We are starting an enormous journey today. The Biden family is ready.'

As she worked the audience after the event, Jill Biden told DailyMail.com she's looking forward to the journey that lies ahead. 'Oh my gosh, I'm so excited,' she commented

Jill Biden said she'd been told countless times since her husband left office two years ago that he should seek the presidency, having backed off his plans to run at the end of Obama's second term term due to his son Beau's untimely death.

‘Again and again, people have told me. Joe is the one who can move us forward. Joe is the one who can bring us together. We need him. And you know what I agree. I miss that feeling of hope and optimism, too,' she admitted.

As she worked the audience after the event, she told DailyMail.com she's looking forward to the journey that lies ahead.

'Oh my gosh, I'm so excited,' she commented.

Joe Biden used a standard introduction Saturday as Jill's husband at his rally.

‘I think she made a great, great second lady, and she’s going to make one heck of a first lady,' he told a cheering crowd.