--- title: Barack Obama Shared the Best Birthday Message for Joe Biden description: Obama sent birthday greetings to his former vice president in the form of a meme, to the delight of the internet. canonical: https://time.com/5032254/barack-obama-joe-biden-birthday-twitter/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-20T21:07:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:54.101Z og:title: Barack Obama Shared the Best Birthday Message for Joe Biden og:description: It really is a bromance og:url: https://time.com/5032254/barack-obama-joe-biden-birthday-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0438ec56f0f91f4e/6988e67fe76ad25a9163002e/joe-biden-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Makes At Statement At White House After Presidential Election og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Barack Obama Shared the Best Birthday Message for Joe Biden twitter:description: It really is a bromance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0438ec56f0f91f4e/6988e67fe76ad25a9163002e/joe-biden-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Barack Obama Had the Best Birthday Message for His Favorite Buddy Joe Biden  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 20, 2017 9:07 PM UTC  President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joseph Biden (L) share a moment during a statement on the election results at the Rose Garden of the White House November 9, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joseph Biden (L) share a moment during a statement on the election results at the Rose Garden of the White House November 9, 2016 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 20, 2017 9:07 PM UTC Barack Obama and Joe Biden continue to [share an unbreakable bond](http://time.com/barack-obama-joe-biden-friendship-photos/) of picture-perfect bromance. Today’s evidence comes in the form an Obama tweet, in which the former president wished his former vice president a happy birthday — and created a meme in the process. In lighthearted fashion, Obama chose to poke fun at Biden, adding a creative caption to a candid photo of the two political partners snapped while Obama was making a speech — with Biden upstaging him from the background. He even followed a popular meme construct in the process; just see these [previously](https://twitter.com/Reverend%5FScott/status/538764076466581504) [viral](https://twitter.com/Reverend%5FScott/status/563736936121393152) tweets of the two for background. “Happy birthday to @JoeBiden, my brother and the best vice president anybody could have,” Obama added — ending the tweet on a sweetly heartfelt note. > [](https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/932685522820042754) This is not the first time the two have sent noteworthy viral messages to each other over social media, of course. Who could forget the time Biden posted a picture of [friendship bracelets](http://time.com/4439262/barack-obama-birthday-joe-biden/) on the occasion of Obama’s own birthday a year ago? 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