--- title: Joe Biden President: Read His Speech on Why He Won't Run description: Here is the full text of the speech Joe Biden gave on why he won't run for president. canonical: https://time.com/4081594/joe-biden-president-campaign-transcript-full-remarks/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T16:33:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:23:01.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Joe Biden's Speech About Not Running for President og:description: Here is the full text. og:url: https://time.com/4081594/joe-biden-president-campaign-transcript-full-remarks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f28338bc9c47b24/6988692a0b72e37b106e66e0/apw1176978.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-BIDEN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Joe Biden's Speech About Not Running for President twitter:description: Here is the full text. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f28338bc9c47b24/6988692a0b72e37b106e66e0/apw1176978.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Joe Biden's Speech About Not Running for President > Sponsored content. 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Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:23 PM UTCPublished: Oct 21, 2015 4:33 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden [announced that he will not run for president](http://time.com/4079655/joe-biden-2016-presidential-race/?xid=homepage) in a Rose Garden appearance Wednesday. Here is a running transcript of his remarks. --- > “” --- ### See Joe Biden’s Career in Pictures  Joe Biden in 1965 at the University of Delaware. University of Delaware  Senator Joe Biden carries both of his sons, Joseph R. III (left) and Robert H. (right) during an appearance at the Democratic state convention in 1972\. At center is his first wife Neilia. AP—AP  Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden at a fund raising reception in Wilmington, Del., on Feb. 20, 1978. AP  Joe Biden takes a mock oath of office from George H. W. Bush, accompanied by his family in Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 3, 1985. Lana Harris—AP  Joe Biden and his family, including his second wife Jill (far left), after announcing his candidacy for president in Wilmington, Del., on June 9, 1987. George Widman—AP  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joe Biden (center) reads from his tally sheet following the committee's voice vote to recommend Robert H. Bork for the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, 1987 in Washington. Senator Strom Thurmond (left) and Senator Edward Kennedy (right) listen. John Duricka—AP  Bill Clinton (center) aboard Air Force One en route to Bosnia, with Madeline Albright (middle right), Joe Biden (far right), Bob Dole (left), Elizabeth Dole (far left) and Ted Stevens on Dec. 22, 1997. D. Delaware—Office of Senator Joe Biden  Joe Biden visits the old Soviet Embassy compound in Kabul on Jan. 11, 2002. Enric Marti—AP  Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee gather on Jan. 19, 2005, in Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Dennis Cook—AP  Democratic presidential hopefuls, from left: former Senator Mike Gravel, Senator Christopher Dodd, former Senator John Edwards, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Barack Obama, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Joe Biden, and Representative Dennis Kucinich stand together before the start of the debate sponsored by CNN, YouTube and Google at The Citadel military college in Charleston, S.C., on July 23, 2007. Charles Dharapak—AP  Joe Biden walks after accepting his party's nomination as their vice presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Col., on Aug. 27, 2008. Stephan Savoia—AP  Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Jill Biden celebrate after Obama's victory speech at the election night rally in Chicago, on Nov. 04, 2008. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attends a Recovery Act Implementation Cabinet meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, on June 25, 2009. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visits an Afghan National Army training center in Kabul on Jan. 11, 2011. Shah Marai—AFP/Getty Images  U.S. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1, 2011, in Washington. The White House/Getty Images  Joe Biden speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 06, 2012. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Vice President Joe Biden during an election night rally in Chicago, on Nov. 7, 2012. Daniel Acker—Bloomberg/Getty Images  U.S. President Barack Obama (center), joined by (left to right) Vice President Joseph Biden, trafficking survivor Tysheena Rhames, House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi, Senator Michael Crapo, Senator Patrick Leahy, House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, Representative Gwen Moore, and Director of Public Policy of Casa de Esperanza Rosemary Hidalgo-McCabe, signs the Violence Against Women Act into law at the Department of the Interior March 7, 2013 in Washington. The law expanded protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking. Alex Wong—Getty Images  Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the US Capitol building with Vice President Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy and John Boehner on Sept. 24, 2015 in Washington. Evy Mages—Getty Images  China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are welcomed by Vice President Joe Biden and his wife at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington on Sept. 24, 2015. 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