--- title: Joe Biden Was Seen Running in Pittsburgh description: Former Vice President Joe Biden was seen running in Pittsburgh, and the internet turned it into a joke about his 2020 presidential hopes. canonical: https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-03T15:04:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T07:52:57.986Z og:title: Joe Biden Was Spotted Running and Everyone Made the Same Joke og:description: 'So he's running after all' og:url: https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65cd890f32eb40d7/698939554ee26273c6312c12/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4800 og:image:height: 2700 og:image:alt: 2018 Concordia Americas Summit - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden Was Spotted Running and Everyone Made the Same Joke twitter:description: 'So he's running after all' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65cd890f32eb40d7/698939554ee26273c6312c12/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joe Biden Was Spotted Running and Everyone Made the Same Joke > Sponsored content. 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Joe Biden Marched In The Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade_  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Sep 3, 2018 3:04 PM UTC Joe Biden Marched In The Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Sep 3, 2018 3:04 PM UTC Former Vice President Joe Biden was spotted running in Pittsburgh on Monday, and the internet couldn’t resist turning it into a joke. Biden has fielded plenty of [speculation about his presidential hopes](http://time.com/5021408/joe-biden-president-of-the-united-states/) and a potential run in 2020\. So when the politician, who was in Pittsburgh [to march in the city’s Labor Day parade](http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2018/08/31/Former-VP-Joe-Biden-to-march-Pittsburgh-s-Labor-Day-parade/stories/201808310108), was spotted jogging down the street, onlookers didn’t let the moment go unnoticed. > [](https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1036618049842020352) > [](https://twitter.com/rebeccagberg/status/1036620159954444288) > [](https://twitter.com/willmartin19/status/1036621450021613568) > [](https://twitter.com/Realmrrobotck1/status/1036620364208472064) > [](https://twitter.com/emilcDC/status/1036621359605063683) Jokes aside, Biden has [not ruled out a 2020 presidential campaign](http://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/). Last month, Biden said he’ll [decide whether to run by January](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/17/joe-biden-president-january-decision/793771002/). A 2017 poll suggested that [Biden would beat President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5025221/joe-biden-beats-donald-trump-in-2020-poll/) if the two faced off in 2020\. Trump, however, remains unconvinced, [saying in July](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/19/joe-biden-would-be-a-dream-to-run-against-in-2020-trump-says.html) that it would be “a dream” to run against Biden, and that former President Barack Obama picked Biden “out of the garbage heap.” Trump and Biden have feuded before, with Biden [famously saying](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump/index.html) if the two were in high school together, he would “take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Was Spotted Running and Everyone Made the Same Joke","datePublished":"2018-09-03T15:04:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T07:52:57.986Z","description":"'So he's running after all'","url":"https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Pennsylvania","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65cd890f32eb40d7/698939554ee26273c6312c12/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65cd890f32eb40d7/698939554ee26273c6312c12/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Concordia Americas Summit - Day 2","caption":"2018 Concordia Americas Summit - Day 2","creditText":"Gabriel Aponte—Getty Images for Concordia Americas Summit","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":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/","name":"Joe Biden Was Spotted Running and Everyone Made the Same Joke"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Joe Biden Marched In The Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade","description":"Joe Biden Marched In The Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vDT7DCO2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-09-03T15:52:24.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vDT7DCO2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5385423/joe-biden-running-pittsburgh/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```