--- title: Biden Says He Regrets Not Running for President 'Every Day' description: The Vice President said it was the right decision for his family. canonical: https://time.com/4170922/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-07T15:43:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:52:01.614Z article:section: Politics og:title: Biden Says He Regrets Not Running for President 'Every Day' og:description: The Vice President said it was the right decision for his family og:url: https://time.com/4170922/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c6788ac9165e4bc/698877fc0b72e378206e78a4/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Biden Says He Regrets Not Running for President 'Every Day' twitter:description: The Vice President said it was the right decision for his family twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c6788ac9165e4bc/698877fc0b72e378206e78a4/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Biden Says He Regrets Not Running for President 'Every Day'  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 7, 2016 3:43 PM UTC  Vice President Joe Biden looks on as President Barack Obama announces his executive action on gun control on Jan. 5. Vice President Joe Biden looks on as President Barack Obama announces his executive action on gun control on Jan. 5.Bloomberg—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 7, 2016 3:43 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden said he has daily regrets about [not running](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/06/politics/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-for-president/index.html) for President, after [announcing](http://time.com/4079655/joe-biden-2016-presidential-race/) in October that he would not join the race. “I regret it every day, but it was the right decision for my family and for me,” Biden [told NBC Connecticut](http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Its-Something-That-Haunts-You-Vice-President-Joe-Biden-Speaks-Out-on-Executive-Action-on-Gun-Control-364431191.html). “And I plan on staying deeply involved.” Biden decided not to join the race in the wake of the death of his son, Beau Biden. His protracted decision-making fueled intense speculation about his potential candidacy throughout the summer and into the fall of last year. \[[_NBC Connecticut_](http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Its-Something-That-Haunts-You-Vice-President-Joe-Biden-Speaks-Out-on-Executive-Action-on-Gun-Control-364431191.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4170922/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4170922/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president/"},"headline":"Biden Says He Regrets Not Running for President 'Every Day'","datePublished":"2016-01-07T15:43:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:52:01.614Z","description":"The Vice President said it was the right decision for his family","url":"https://time.com/4170922/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president/","keywords":["Joe Biden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c6788ac9165e4bc/698877fc0b72e378206e78a4/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c6788ac9165e4bc/698877fc0b72e378206e78a4/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president","caption":"joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president","creditText":"Bloomberg—Getty Images","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":"https://time.com/4170922/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president/","name":"Biden Says He Regrets Not Running for President 'Every Day'"}}]}] ```