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TexasTowelie

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Thu Oct 11, 2018, 04:45 AM Oct 2018

Biden says he has no plans to run in 2020 -- 'at this point' [View all]

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Despite polling numbers that show he would do well against President Donald Trump, former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has no current plans to run for the Democratic nomination in 2020.

After speaking at London's Chatham House, Biden told reporters he has no intention "at this point" to run in a Democratic field that is still pretty wide open.

"I think there are many people in the Democratic Party that can defeat Trump," he told CNN. "And I am not one at this point.

"I'm not being rankly partisan here -- the president acknowledged at the outset he didn't know a lot about foreign policy," he said of Trump. "He said he watched the news, although I think he's getting more and more informed out of necessity."

Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/10/10/Biden-says-he-has-no-plans-to-run-in-2020-at-this-point/7871539186625/

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