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Joe Biden on Clinton’s Secretary of State list, sources say

Trump added: “And by the way, if I said that, they’d say, ‘He’s violent”.

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Biden would be Clinton’s first selection for a major Cabinet position – and a very important one considering that the current vice president would be assuming the role that she filled while illegally using her personal email server to conduct high-security government business overseas. She is known to have advocated for interventionist measures, while Biden often called for a lighter footprint on the world stage.

His relationship with Ms Clinton is presumably all the more warm given his decision past year not to run against her for the Democratic presidential nomination even though many in his party had been keen that he do so. Biden has reportedly chafed at the suggestion that Clinton deserves more credit for the attack that killed Osama Bin Laden, and the rivalry between the two briefly heated up again in 2015, when Biden publicly flirted with the possibility of running for president if Clinton’s e-mail scandal derailed her bid.

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a memorial service for former Israel prime minister Shimon Peres at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, Thursday, Oct, 6, 2016. For this reason the job of Secretary of State is starting to look like a consolation prize.

A familiar face from the Obama administration might be exactly what Hillary needs to sway the public even further toward her side.

Both Biden and the Clinton campaign have yet to comment on the story, but the veep has made it clear that he does not expect to have a formal role in the Clinton White House.

“No, I wish we were in high school”.

“Come on, man”, Biden continued.

“This election is going to be about Obamacare-it’s going to be about jobs; it’s going to be about a lot of things”, Trump said.

Mr Biden had said at a campaign event for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania that he is frequently asked whether he wished he had been debating Mr Trump. The teams help smooth out the transition from campaign to presidency.

Biden has also assailed Trump’s ability to lead the USA at home and overseas, branding him as indifferent to the needs of Americans.

“I’m going to stay involved as much as I possibly can”. But the source said Clinton’s orbit views him as an obvious selection. The politicians at Nolan’s side urged the throng of supporters to bring others to the polls, plant yard signs and volunteer to knock on doors with only 11 days left until the November 8 election.

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“Did you see where Biden wants to take me to the back of the barn? Me”.

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to a crowd at UMD on Friday. Rep. Rick Nolan is at left