--- description: Vice President Joe Biden is not ruling out running for office again, he said Sunday on ABC News’ "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos. title: Vice President Joe Biden Won't Rule Out Running for Office Again image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dfa611b1daf6a99/6988a087656a3f3b5ebcc959/joe-biden-office-again.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vice President Joe Biden Says He Won't Rule Out Running for Office Again  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2016 4:17 PM CUT  Vice President Joe Biden appears on stage at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2016. Vice President Joe Biden appears on stage at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2016.Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2016 4:17 PM CUT [Vice President Joe Biden](http://time.com/4429844/joe-biden-law-and-order-svu/ "undefined") is not ruling out running for office again, he said Sunday. Biden, in an [interview](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vp-joe-biden-close-door-running-office/story?id=41026013 "undefined") with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on _This Week_, said he will remain committed to fighting for issues he still cares “deeply” about, including curing cancer, advancing foreign policy, combating domestic violence and reforming the tax system. “I don’t plan on saying goodbye,” Biden said. “I always judge people who spend a lot of time in public office, say they care about things, and if the day after they leave they no longer talk about them, then I don’t think they cared much about them.” Read More: [_Read Joe Biden’s Speech at the Democratic Convention_](http://time.com/4426178/dnc-joe-biden-speech-transcript-video/ "undefined") When asked if he would run for office again, Biden said: “I don’t plan on that. But, you know, I’ve learned a long time ago, you don’t say anything for absolutely certain.” \[[_ABC_](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vp-joe-biden-close-door-running-office/story?id=41026013 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4432295/joe-biden-vice-president-office-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4432295/joe-biden-vice-president-office-2/"},"headline":"Vice President Joe Biden Says He Won't Rule Out Running for Office Again","datePublished":"2016-07-31T16:17:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:57:58.452Z","description":"“I don’t plan on saying goodbye\"","url":"https://time.com/4432295/joe-biden-vice-president-office-2/","keywords":["Joe Biden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dfa611b1daf6a99/6988a087656a3f3b5ebcc959/joe-biden-office-again.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dfa611b1daf6a99/6988a087656a3f3b5ebcc959/joe-biden-office-again.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic National Convention","caption":"Vice President Joe Biden appears on stage at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2016.","creditText":"Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.","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/4432295/joe-biden-vice-president-office-2/","name":"Vice President Joe Biden Says He Won't Rule Out Running for Office Again"}}]}] ```