Former Vice President Joe Biden will run for president in 2020 as he joins a crowded field of about a dozen other contenders hoping to snag the party’s nomination to eventually face President Donald Trump, a senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill.
During a phone call within the past week, Biden told a House Democratic lawmaker, “I’m giving it a shot,” according to a conversation that the congressman recounted. The congressman—who wasn’t named on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the phone conversation—said he interpreted Biden’s comments as a sure sign the former Obama running mate would seek the presidency.
