Biden, Sanders meet privately in Washington, DC
US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has met with Vice President Joe Biden at his Naval Observatory residence in Washington, DC, days after Biden announced not to run for president in 2016.
The meeting continued for about an hour on Thursday and the two men discussed issues related to campaign finance reform and education, according to a statement released by the Sanders' campaign.
A Sanders spokesman claimed that Sanders didn't seek Biden’s endorsement during the meeting, but the two politicians focused on issues facing the United States.
“Under the leadership of President Obama and Vice President Biden, this country has come a long way economically since President Bush left office and we were losing 800,000 jobs every month and the world economy was on the brink of financial collapse,” Sanders said in a statement.
“Nevertheless, we still have a long way to go to create the kind of economy that works for all Americans and not just the top 1 percent,” he continued.
Biden has recently praised Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, who is the longest-serving independent lawmaker in US congressional history, albeit he caucuses with the Democratic Party.
Sanders’ emphasis on US income inequality and influence of corporate money on elections and government has helped him attract large crowds on the campaign trail.
"I’m not a populist like Bernie," Biden said in Miami last month, reportedly adding that Sanders "was doing a great job exciting his crowds."
During a speech last week at the White House, Biden announced he wouldn’t run for president while standing next to his wife and US President Barack Obama, but he said he would remain involved in the race.
"I intend to speak out clearly and forcefully, to influence as much as I can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation," Biden said.
“I look forward to working with President Obama and Vice President Biden to tackle some of the major issues facing our country,” Sanders said on Thursday.
According to a recent poll, nearly half of Democratic voters wanted Biden to enter the presidential race and challenge leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who is competing against only three Democrats and independent Senator Bernie Sanders.
Hillary Clinton still remains the front-runner candidate among Democratic candidates for US president, but that might change in the near future as Sanders has been rapidly gaining in several high-profile polls.
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