--- title: Joe Biden: Trump Should Prioritize Sexual Assault Prevention description: Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday he is working to convince Donald Trump's administration to prioritize the issue of sexual assault canonical: https://time.com/4624845/joe-biden-donald-trump-campus-sexual-assault/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T23:51:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:34:50.193Z article:section: Politics og:title: Joe Biden Wants to Convince Trump to Prioritize Sexual Assault Prevention og:description: "I pray they will continue to make it a priority, as Barack and I have" og:url: https://time.com/4624845/joe-biden-donald-trump-campus-sexual-assault/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt250bf2175205ac47/6988b4980b72e322176ec2ec/joe-biden-campus-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3147 og:image:height: 1770 og:image:alt: John Glenn: Celebrating a Life of Service og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden Wants to Convince Trump to Prioritize Sexual Assault Prevention twitter:description: "I pray they will continue to make it a priority, as Barack and I have" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt250bf2175205ac47/6988b4980b72e322176ec2ec/joe-biden-campus-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joe Biden Says He's Working to Convince the Trump Administration to Prioritize Sexual Assault Prevention > Sponsored content. 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Bill Ingalls—NASA/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 5, 2017 11:51 PM UTC [Vice President Joe Biden](http://time.com/4624814/joe-biden-donald-trump-grow-up/) said Thursday that he is working to convince President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to prioritize the issue of [sexual assault on campus](http://time.com/100542/the-sexual-assault-crisis-on-american-campuses/). “I’m no longer going to be Vice President, but I’m going to be associated with several major universities and have a significant staff,” Biden said, hinting at his [post-White House plans](http://time.com/4622840/joe-biden-university-of-delaware-partnership/). “I’m going to be setting up a foundation that is going to devote the rest of my life to dealing with violence against women.” Biden made the remarks at the White House’s It’s On Us Summit, an event aimed at preventing sexual assault on college campuses. “On January 21, we’re going to start or we’re going to continue, and I’m working very hard with this incoming administration to convince them that this is, in a sense, the civil rights issue of our time. It’s the human rights issue of our time,” he said. Biden made fighting sexual assault one of the key issues of his vice presidency, [speaking out](http://time.com/4363084/joe-biden-standford-sexual-assault/) for victims and [calling on universities](http://time.com/4433667/joe-biden-campus-sexual-assault-presidents/) to be more responsive. It’s not yet clear how Trump’s administration will approach the issue, but the president-elect’s [comments about groping women](http://time.com/4523755/donald-trump-leaked-tape-impact/) and the [accusations](http://time.com/4531872/donald-trump-sexual-assault-accusers-attack/) against him of [sexual assault](http://time.com/4530242/donald-trump-sexual-allegations/) have caused concern among advocates for victims. “I’ve never felt this momentum before,” Biden said Thursday. “I hope and pray—and I’m making no judgment, I mean this sincerely, I’m not sure what the next administration will do—I pray they will continue to make it a priority, as Barack and I have. 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