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Joe Biden 'Very Close' To 2020 Decision As His Family Gives Its Blessing

The Democratic former vice president said that he still has to decide "whether or not I am comfortable taking the family through what would be a very, very very difficult campaign."

Former Vice President Joe Biden is inching closer to jumping into the 2020 presidential race, saying Tuesday that his family is behind another run for the White House.

"The first hurdle for me was deciding whether or not I am comfortable taking the family through what would be a very, very very difficult campaign," Biden said during an interview with presidential historian Jon Meacham at the University of Delaware.

But among those dearest to

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