--- title: Joe Biden Run Explains Why He Didn't Run for President description: A lack of time led Joe Biden to opt not to run for president, the vice president told CBS Sunday canonical: https://time.com/4086304/joe-biden-presidential-run-decision/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-25T16:36:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:03:39.472Z article:section: Politics og:title: Why Joe Biden Decided Not to Run for President og:description: Joe Biden speaks out in his first interview since announcing his decision og:url: https://time.com/4086304/joe-biden-presidential-run-decision/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43987fe4f6f62def/69886929cf40a8303dc404a1/2015-10-21t162526z_1361910702_tb3ebal1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Vice President Biden announces his he will not seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination during appearance in the White House Rose Garden in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Joe Biden Decided Not to Run for President twitter:description: Joe Biden speaks out in his first interview since announcing his decision twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43987fe4f6f62def/69886929cf40a8303dc404a1/2015-10-21t162526z_1361910702_tb3ebal1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Joe Biden Decided Not to Run for President  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 25, 2015 4:36 PM UTC  Joe Biden announces his he will not seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination during an appearance in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, on Oct. 21, 2015. Joe Biden announces his he will not seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination during an appearance in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, on Oct. 21, 2015.Carlos Barria—Reuters  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 25, 2015 4:36 PM UTC Joe Biden said he didn’t have enough time to run for president his way, he told CBS Sunday. “You know, I just don’t think there’s time…I don’t think we can run the kind of campaign we have to run to be able to win,'” Biden recalled saying. The [remarks](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-and-wife-on-decision-not-to-run/) on _60 Minutes_ mark Biden’s first interview since he [announced](http://time.com/4081594/joe-biden-president-campaign-transcript-full-remarks/) his decision not to run for president on Wednesday. Biden had been publicly flirting with the possibility of a run after his son Beau died in May, leaving him little time to mount a serious campaign. In the interview, Biden’s wife Jill said she agreed with her husband’s assessment that time was short but said she was disappointed she would never get to see a Joe Biden presidency. “I’ve seen, you know, the strength of his character, his optimism, his hope,” she said. “I believed he would’ve been the best president.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4086304/joe-biden-presidential-run-decision/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4086304/joe-biden-presidential-run-decision/"},"headline":"Why Joe Biden Decided Not to Run for President","datePublished":"2015-10-25T16:36:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:03:39.472Z","description":"Joe Biden speaks out in his first interview since announcing his decision","url":"https://time.com/4086304/joe-biden-presidential-run-decision/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43987fe4f6f62def/69886929cf40a8303dc404a1/2015-10-21t162526z_1361910702_tb3ebal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43987fe4f6f62def/69886929cf40a8303dc404a1/2015-10-21t162526z_1361910702_tb3ebal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Vice President Biden announces his he will not seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination during appearance in the White House Rose Garden in Washington","caption":"U.S. Vice President Biden announces his he will not seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination during appearance in the White House Rose Garden in Washington","creditText":"Carlos Barria—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4086304/joe-biden-presidential-run-decision/","name":"Why Joe Biden Decided Not to Run for President"}}]}] ```