--- description: Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie offered the Vice President an important Twitter lesson on Thursday. title: Gov. Chris Christie to Biden: Throwback Thursdays Trump Selfies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Christie to Biden: Welcome to Instagram, Here's a Throwback Thursday  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2014 1:01 PM CUT  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2014 1:01 PM CUT Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie welcomed Vice President Joe Biden to Instagram Thursday a day after Joe Biden[ made waves with his first selfie](https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/456614958105501698 "undefined") that also starred President Barack Obama. “#tbts always trump #selfies,” Christie wrote in an Instragram post, a “Throwback Thursday” picture of himself and Biden from back in the day. The photo’s date was unclear, though the duo appear to be standing at their shared alma mater, the University of Delaware. Biden and Christie are considered possible contenders in the race for president in 2016, but for today, at least, it’s all #smiles. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/66434/christie-biden-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/66434/christie-biden-instagram/"},"headline":"Christie to Biden: Welcome to Instagram, Here's a Throwback Thursday","datePublished":"2014-04-17T13:01:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:21:29.982Z","description":"Biden joined Instagram on Wednesday with a bang, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie now appears to be showing him the ropes.","url":"https://time.com/66434/christie-biden-instagram/","keywords":["Chris Christie","New Jersey","Barack Obama","White House","Election 2016","vice president joe biden"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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":"https://time.com/66434/christie-biden-instagram/","name":"Christie to Biden: Welcome to Instagram, Here's a Throwback Thursday"}}]}] ```