The last time people told Biden not to run, they were catastrophically wrong and he'll not forget that. And I plan on staying deeply involved," Biden told a Connecticut NBC affiliate in January of 2016. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter the 2016 election went the way Biden had feared, he didn't hesitate to make his case. In 2016, Biden thought he could win. Biden won back enough white, working-class voters to shore up the breached "Blue Wall" by enough of a margin to deliver him the presidency.

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