--- description: Vice President Joe Biden is "not a big fan" of former congressman Anthony Weiner title: Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60d84bc4b4f8ab99/6988ac20524fc059c1dfa0a6/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 29, 2016 2:49 PM CUT  Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Oct. 24, 2016, in Dayton, Ohio. Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Oct. 24, 2016, in Dayton, Ohio.John Minchillo—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 29, 2016 2:49 PM CUT 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 "undefined") relating to [Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server](http://time.com/4549527/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-reopen/ "undefined"), 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/ "undefined") 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 "undefined"). “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 "undefined") after the former Democratic congressman was embroiled in another sexting scandal. Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after it was reported he sent lewd photos to women on several occasions. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4550435/joe-biden-anthony-weiner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4550435/joe-biden-anthony-weiner/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner","datePublished":"2016-10-29T14:49:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:30:23.282Z","description":"Biden said the FBI should release Hillary Clinton's newly discovered emails","url":"https://time.com/4550435/joe-biden-anthony-weiner/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60d84bc4b4f8ab99/6988ac20524fc059c1dfa0a6/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60d84bc4b4f8ab99/6988ac20524fc059c1dfa0a6/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Joe Biden","caption":"Joe Biden","creditText":"John Minchillo—AP","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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4550435/joe-biden-anthony-weiner/","name":"Joe Biden Is 'Not a Big Fan' of Anthony Weiner"}}]}] ```