Jan 23 Watch 3:49 Biden: U.S., Turkey committed to defeating ISIS in Syria By PBS News Hour Vice President Joe Biden says the United States and Turkey are prepared for a military solution in Syria if a political settlement is not possible. On Saturday, 45 opposition groups issued a statement saying they support a political process but… Continue watching
Jan 15 Biden sees politics of cancer as an obstacle to curing it By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Four weeks after announcing he wouldn't run for president, Joe Biden returned to the world-renowned cancer center in Texas where doctors had tried to save his son's life. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 10:06 Can America come together to cure cancer? By PBS News Hour In his last State of the Union address, President Obama tapped Vice President Joe Biden to lead an effort to boost and streamline national cancer research. What would such an initiative look like? Judy Woodruff gets insight from Dr. Francis… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch News Wrap: Biden weighs in on Democratic race By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden weighed in Monday on the Democratic contest for the White House, saying Sen. Bernie Sanders has more credibility on the issue of income inequality. Also, Iran picked up two small U.S. Continue watching
Jan 12 Tuning in to State of the Union? Watch for these issues By Nancy Benac, Associated Press The White House is promising a nontraditional address for President Barack Obama's final State of the Union. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch 8:33 Why is there no GOP establishment frontrunner? By PBS News Hour As Donald Trump ramp ups rhetoric against Ben Carson, Jeb Bush seems to be scaling down his campaign. Meanwhile, the Democratic field is down to three candidates. Gwen Ifill speaks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara… Continue watching
Oct 21 How Biden decided against running in 2016 By Julie Pace, Associated Press For months there has been speculation on whether Vice President Joe Biden would run for president. Today, he announced he would not seek the nomination. Here is a look at how he came to that decision. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Why Biden’s 2016 campaign window has closed By PBS News Hour Vice President Joe Biden will not join the presidential race, despite months of pondering the possibility. What drove his decision and how does it affect the other candidates in the race? Gwen Ifill gets perspective from Glenn Thrush of Politico. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 54:35 PBS NewsHour full episode October 21, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Vice President Joe Biden opts out of the 2016 race. Also: Paul Ryan’s conditions for a House speaker run, the constant wave of migrants as winter approaches in Europe, calls for fewer arrests for nonviolent offenders,… Continue watching
Oct 21 Biden says he won’t run for president in 2016 By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden will not run for president in 2016, he said Wednesday, ending a months-long flirtation with a third White House campaign and setting him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long political… Continue reading