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Joe Biden Says He'll Make 2016 Decision Next Year_ by [Nate Rawlings](https://time.com/author/nate-rawlings/) ## Nate Rawlings Feb 7, 2014 12:25 PM UTC by [Nate Rawlings](https://time.com/author/nate-rawlings/) ## Nate Rawlings Feb 7, 2014 12:25 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview airing Friday that he’ll [decide](http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/07/biden-says-presidential-decision-will-come-next-summer/) in the summer of 2015 whether or not to run for president again, but that “there’s no obvious reason for me why I think I should not run.” Biden’s comments, in an interview with CNN, came as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to [dominate](http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20140127,00.html) talk of the next Democratic contest for the White House. Biden said he’ll decide “a year this summer.” Asked to give one reason why he shouldn’t run, Biden said: “I can’t.” (**MORE:** [Biden not high on marijuana legalization](http://swampland.time.com/2014/02/06/marijuana-legalization-joe-biden-pot/)) “There may be reasons I don’t run, but there’s no obvious reason for me why I think I should not run,” he said. “For me, the decision to run or not run is going to be determined by me, as to whether I am the best qualified person to focus on the few things I’ve spent my whole life on.” [Speaking at the United Auto Workers conference](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/vice-president-biden-loves-new-corvette-article-1.1603812) on Wednesday, Biden joked that “one overwhelming reason not to run for president” was that he would be able to drive the new Corvette Z06\. “You tack that sucker up to six grand and this comes out of the hole like a bullet, man,” Biden said/ “And I could hardly wait, if I were just not in this job, to take on my friend’s Porsche.” ## Transcript >> Other than Corvettes, give me another good reason why you shouldn't run. >> I can't. >> Yeah? >> There may be reasons I don't run, but there's no obvious reason for me why I think I should not run. >> Can I have a time table? >> Probably the-- realistically, a year this summer. >> Is Dr. Biden on board? >> When I ran the first time, Jill didn't wanna run again. Second time, she came to me and said, you gotta run. The reason she wanted me to run? Because she was convinced, if I ran, we'd end the war in Iraq and have a sounder foreign policy and she's convinced that, if I ran, I would work like hell to make sure the middle class got a fine chance. For me, the decision to run or not run is gonna be determined by me as to whether I am the best qualified person to focus on the 2 things I've spent my whole life on-- given ordinary people a fighting chance to make it and a sound foreign policy that's based on rational interest in the United States where we not only are known for the power of our military but the power of our example. I think there's a future for this country. I know people think I'm too optimistic, but it is incredible. There's so much [ unk ] in our grasp. It doesn't mean I'm the only guy that can do it. But no one else, I think, can and I think I can. Then, I'd run. 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