Biden on 2016: 'There's a chance'

Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he might challenge Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination in 2016.

“Yes,” Biden said, laughing, when asked if there’s a chance that he’d challenge Clinton.


“There’s a chance, but I haven’t made my mind up about that, we’ve got a lot of work to do between now and then. There’s plenty of time,” Biden said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

Biden said Clinton, who leads early polls of Democrats by double digits, is “really competent capable person and a friend.”

He added that he doesn’t think a decision on a bid needs to be made “until the summer,” noting that the race is “wide open on both sides” and repeated that his focus right now is his duties at vice president.

Also appearing on “CBS This Morning,” Biden downplayed the reports of shots fired near his Delaware home over the weekend.

“No, I’m not worried,” the vice president said when asked if he had any security concerns following the incident.

Earlier this week, the Secret Service said multiple shots were fired outside Biden’s Delaware home at about 8:25 p.m. on Saturday night. There were no reports of injuries, and an individual was questioned later in the evening.

Biden noted that his house “is way off the road” and there is “no evidence it was shot at the house.”

He repeated that he’s “not at all worried,” noting that four shell casings were found 100 yards away from his house.

“So a car must’ve been going by at a fairly high rate of speed. It appears someone on the passenger’s side fired a gun, and my house is on the driver’s side,” he said.

“So you don’t think anybody’s trying to get you?” anchor Gayle King asked.

“No, I don’t,” Biden said, before adding, “At least not physically.”

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