--- title: Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner description: Vice President Joe Biden is "not a big fan" of former congressman Anthony Weiner canonical: https://time.com/4550435/joe-biden-anthony-weiner/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-29T14:49:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:23.777Z article:section: Politics og:title: Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner og:description: Biden said the FBI should release Hillary Clinton's newly discovered emails og:url: https://time.com/4550435/joe-biden-anthony-weiner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60d84bc4b4f8ab99/6988ac20524fc059c1dfa0a6/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5020 og:image:height: 2824 og:image:alt: Joe Biden og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner twitter:description: Biden said the FBI should release Hillary Clinton's newly discovered emails twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60d84bc4b4f8ab99/6988ac20524fc059c1dfa0a6/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner > Sponsored content. 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Oct 29, 2016 2:49 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden is “not a big fan” of former congressman Anthony Weiner. Biden, discussing the [FBI’s examination into newly discovered emails](http://time.com/4550323/hillary-clinton-anthony-weiner-emails/?xid=homepage) relating to [Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server](http://time.com/4549527/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-reopen/), said FBI Director James Comey should release the emails connected to the probe. The FBI discovered emails on a device belonging to Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband, [Weiner, who is under investigation](http://time.com/4549527/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-reopen/) for allegedly exchanging sexually explicit text messages with an underage girl. “I think Hillary—if she said, what I’m told she said, is correct—that she release the emails for the whole world to see,” Biden told [CNN’s Michael Smerconish](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/joe-biden-anthony-weiner-emails-hillary-clinton/index.html). “And it doesn’t mean anything. It’s unfortunate.” When asked about Weiner’s involvement in the email, Biden said he shouldn’t comment. “I’m not a big fan,” he said. “I wasn’t before he got in trouble. So I shouldn’t comment on Anthony Weiner.” Abedin and Weiner [separated over the summer](http://motto.time.com/4470818/huma-abedin-anthony-weiner/?xid=homepage) after the former Democratic congressman was embroiled in another sexting scandal. 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