Washington (CNN) Joe Biden isn't running for president. Yet.

But it's already becoming clear what sort of campaign he will run when he officially enters the race sometime next month: One based on the idea of his inevitability.

"After a likely announcement in April, Biden is hoping to seize command of the highly-fluid contest through major endorsements and possibly selecting a running mate early to highlight the argument that the party's most urgent task should be defeating President Donald Trump, Democrats familiar with his plans tell CNN."

Major endorsements. An early VP pick. Both are clear signs that what Biden wants to do -- from the second he enters the race -- is make clear that the field is really him and then everyone else. That he isn't just one of the many candidates running, but that he's the heavy favorite.

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