--- title: Joe Biden: Donald Trump Presidency Is 'Possible' description: Vice President Joe Biden said it's "possible" that Donald Trump could become president in an interview on the TODAY show Tuesday morning canonical: https://time.com/4176826/joe-biden-donald-trump-election/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-12T14:21:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:59:41.099Z article:section: Politics og:title: Joe Biden: Donald Trump Presidency Is 'Possible' og:description: The Vice President said he hopes Trump won't get elected og:url: https://time.com/4176826/joe-biden-donald-trump-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5f4b03ac3b3f78f/698878b6a988cace6d6b6131/biden-joe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Biden, Ukrainian PM Attend US-Ukrainian Business Forum In Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden: Donald Trump Presidency Is 'Possible' twitter:description: The Vice President said he hopes Trump won't get elected twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5f4b03ac3b3f78f/698878b6a988cace6d6b6131/biden-joe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joe Biden: Donald Trump Presidency Is 'Possible'  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 12, 2016 2:21 PM UTC  Joe Biden at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. Joe Biden at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 13, 2015 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 12, 2016 2:21 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden believes Donald Trump could become the next U.S. president. “Yes, I think it’s possible,” Biden said in an [interview on the _TODAY_ show](http://www.today.com/news/joe-biden-it-s-possible-donald-trump-could-be-next-t66536) on Tuesday morning when asked whether he thought Trump could be elected. Trump [remains the Republican frontrunner](http://time.com/4176787/clinton-trump-poll-lead/?xid=homepage) less than three weeks away from the Iowa caucus. “I hope that if that were to occur — I hope it doesn’t because I have fundamentally different views than he does — I hope that he gets a lot more serious about the issues, a lot more serious about gaining knowledge about how this nation functions and foreign policy and domestic policy, but look, that’s a long way off,” Biden said. In the interview, Biden discussed his political career and his [decision not to run for president](http://time.com/4086304/joe-biden-presidential-run-decision/). He said last week that he [regrets not joining the race](http://time.com/4170922/joe-biden-regrets-not-running-president/), though he thinks it was the right choice for his family. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4176826/joe-biden-donald-trump-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4176826/joe-biden-donald-trump-election/"},"headline":"Joe Biden: Donald Trump Presidency Is 'Possible'","datePublished":"2016-01-12T14:21:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:59:41.099Z","description":"The Vice President said he hopes Trump won't get elected","url":"https://time.com/4176826/joe-biden-donald-trump-election/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5f4b03ac3b3f78f/698878b6a988cace6d6b6131/biden-joe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5f4b03ac3b3f78f/698878b6a988cace6d6b6131/biden-joe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Biden, Ukrainian PM Attend US-Ukrainian Business Forum In Washington","caption":"Biden, Ukrainian PM Attend US-Ukrainian Business Forum In Washington","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4176826/joe-biden-donald-trump-election/","name":"Joe Biden: Donald Trump Presidency Is 'Possible'"}}]}] ```