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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'"}}]}] ```