--- title: @JoeBiden Gets Political Again description: Vice President Joe Biden’s Twitter account is getting new life. Dormant for more than a year, @JoeBiden will tweet again in an effort to assist Democratic midterm candidates who are looking vulnerable canonical: https://time.com/51223/joe-biden-twitter-2014/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-07T04:01:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:53.156Z article:section: Politics og:title: @JoeBiden Gets Political Again og:description: Vice President Joe Biden’s Twitter account is getting new life. Dormant for more than a year, @JoeBiden will tweet again in an effort to assist Democratic midterm candidates who are looking vulnerable og:url: https://time.com/51223/joe-biden-twitter-2014/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3baec89d9d29f89/6986893dd0b6f2d4d4303a28/vice-president-joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: Vice President Joe Biden listens to remarks at a news conference on Feb. 6, 2014, at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: @JoeBiden Gets Political Again twitter:description: Vice President Joe Biden’s Twitter account is getting new life. Dormant for more than a year, @JoeBiden will tweet again in an effort to assist Democratic midterm candidates who are looking vulnerable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3baec89d9d29f89/6986893dd0b6f2d4d4303a28/vice-president-joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # @JoeBiden Gets Political Again > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. Brief goes beyond the Washington headlines to explain the politics, personalities and power dynamics shaping what happens next. 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On Monday, it will reawaken under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee, according to a spokesperson. The latest sign of the White House stepping up its efforts to assist vulnerable Democrats this fall, the Biden account will be deployed to assist Democratic candidates. This makes the Veep’s account differ from @BarackObama, which is controlled by the ostensibly apolitical Organizing for Action, which advocates for issues supported by the president but does not directly engage in electioneering activities. The Vice President himself is maintaining an official Twitter presence at [@VP](https://twitter.com/VP), where his tweets are signed “-VP.” “@JoeBiden will be another way for the Vice President to engage our supporters, spread the Democratic message and support our candidates heading into the midterm elections,” a DNC spokesperson said. Biden is seen as an important surrogate for Democrats on the ground this fall, particularly in states where President Barack Obama’s presence would do the party more harm than good. Biden told TIME earlier this year he has committed to helping at least [150 candidates](http://time.com/5647/joe-biden-interview-2016-presidential-campaign/) this year. Biden’s account has nearly 550,000 followers, almost as many as the combined total of [@GOP ](https://twitter.com/gop)and [@TheDemocrats](https://twitter.com/thedemocrats), the official accounts for the two major political parties. Yet it pales in comparison to the 1.2 million followers of [@HillaryClinton](https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton) and more than 42 million followers of [@BarackObama](https://twitter.com/barackobama). Should Biden [decide to run another campaign](http://time.com/9649/biden-im-50-50-on-2016-run/), digital campaign veterans said he could be required to pay up to reclaim his account from the DNC. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/51223/joe-biden-twitter-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/51223/joe-biden-twitter-2014/"},"headline":"@JoeBiden Gets Political Again","datePublished":"2014-04-07T04:01:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:53.156Z","description":"Vice President Joe Biden’s Twitter account is getting new life. 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