--- description: Vice President Joe Biden took to Twitter to send his best wishes to his boss — and to prove they're actually best buds after all this time. title: Joe Biden Had The Most Adorable Birthday Message for Barack Obama image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joe Biden Had the Most Adorable Birthday Message for Barack Obama  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 4, 2016 6:11 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 4, 2016 6:11 PM CUT Like any good bestie, Vice President Joe Biden knew he had to do something special for his pal President Barack Obama on the occasion of his 55th birthday. And it would have to [make a social media splash](http://time.com/4434637/joe-biden-white-house-staffers-wedding/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"), too — because are you really #BFFL if all the world doesn’t know it? So Biden took to Twitter for the big moment, sharing this nostalgic image of friendship bracelets Thursday, and officially cementing his spot as Obama’s most devoted bud. Eight years later, and he’s still got his back. > [](https://twitter.com/VP/status/761253705341480962) It’s as if the two politicians have been hanging out at summer camp in the Adirondacks and not stuck in the White House all these years. Looks like the denizens of Twitter are into it, too: > [](https://twitter.com/captainkdrama/status/761253833238519809) > [](https://twitter.com/thomasav/status/761254097140023297) > [](https://twitter.com/dxcoulon/status/761254173010649088) > [](https://twitter.com/jsneedles/status/761255653004365824) > [](https://twitter.com/OleSamiOle/status/761256128684576768) > [](https://twitter.com/bobcorrigan/status/761257110189379584) Barack Obama Birthday: Joe Biden Shares Friendship Bracelet ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4439262/barack-obama-birthday-joe-biden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4439262/barack-obama-birthday-joe-biden/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Had the Most Adorable Birthday Message for Barack Obama","datePublished":"2016-08-04T18:11:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:08.108Z","description":"Vice President Joe Biden took to Twitter to send his best wishes to his boss — and to prove they're actually best buds after all this time.","url":"https://time.com/4439262/barack-obama-birthday-joe-biden/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","politics","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4439262/barack-obama-birthday-joe-biden/","name":"Joe Biden Had the Most Adorable Birthday Message for Barack Obama"}}]}] ```