--- title: Joe Biden on Possible 2020 Run With Stephen Colbert VIDEO description: Joe Biden took to the 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' to talk about the possibility of a 2020 presidential run. canonical: https://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-07T16:34:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:15.624Z og:title: Joe Biden Discusses Possible 2020 Run with Stephen Colbert og:description: "Never say never" og:url: https://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden Discusses Possible 2020 Run with Stephen Colbert twitter:description: "Never say never" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Joe Biden Discussed Running in 2020 With Stephen Colbert: 'Never Say Never'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 7, 2016 4:34 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 7, 2016 4:34 PM UTC [Vice President Joe Biden](http://time.com/4591253/joe-biden-national-treasure/) dispensed advice to the country during a comedic “family meeting” with [Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night’s _The Late Show_](http://time.com/4574771/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-twitter-press/). Biden, comparing the current state of American politics to familial strife, offered some advice: “It happens to every family, but I’m telling you — this terrible feeling you’re having right now, it’s not permanent,” Biden said. “It’ll be over in four years — maybe eight.” Biden and Colbert also discussed the possibility of Biden running for president in 2020, [following his comments to reporters on Monday that although he would be open to running in the next presidential election](http://time.com/4591498/joe-biden-president-election-2020/), he wasn’t ready to commit to it. “You and I talked about this in a different context before: I’m a great respecter of fate,” Biden said. “I don’t plan on running again, but to say you know it’s going to happen in four years I just think is not rational.” Colbert took this as a hint at a possible Biden ticket in 2020. “That is the sound of a door creaking open,” Colbert said. “I can’t see the circumstance in which I’d run, but what I learned a long, long time ago, Stephen, is to never say never,” Biden rejoined. “You don’t know what’s going to happen. Hell, Donald Trump’s going to be 74, I’ll be 77 — and in better shape. What the heck?” Watch the full clips below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Discussed Running in 2020 With Stephen Colbert: 'Never Say Never'","datePublished":"2016-12-07T16:34:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:15.624Z","description":"The vice president discussed the prospect with Stephen Colbert on the Late Show","url":"https://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Joe Biden","politics","stephen colbert","Culture","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"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/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/","name":"Joe Biden Discussed Running in 2020 With Stephen Colbert: 'Never Say Never'"}}]}] ```