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Streeter Lecka—Getty Images Streeter Lecka—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 15, 2016 3:11 PM UTC Jill Biden [said in a new interview](http://www.today.com/news/jill-biden-america-missed-opportunity-when-joe-didn-t-run-t86526) that with her husband Vice President Joe Biden out of the race for the White House, the American people might have “missed an opportunity.” “I really do feel that Joe would have made a great president,” Biden [said on the _Today_ show](http://www.today.com/news/jill-biden-america-missed-opportunity-when-joe-didn-t-run-t86526). “One of his strengths is compromise. So I feel, maybe America missed an opportunity.” Biden himself has said that he regrets not running for president, a decision he made in the wake of his son’s death from cancer. During his remaining time in office, Biden has been tasked with leading a White House “moonshot” effort to find a cure for cancer. 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