Joe Biden's life in politics: An end of an era?

Before a swarm of cameras in the White House Rose Garden and with his wife and the president at his side, Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that he would not be running for the highest office in the nation – that he was out of time to run a successful campaign and the window “has closed.” With Biden out of the 2016 contest and his role as veep winding down, POLITICO takes a look at his decades-long career in politics and the policy he has shaped.