And Biden was the first VP formerly a Senator to serve as POTUS since Lyndon Johnson in 1963.
The significant difference was that Biden ran for POTUS after having served as VP under Obama for eight years and having gone into academia for years after that. Johnson of course immediately became POTUS after JFK's assassination.
Biden had been VP though . . .that completely changes the calculus. The two times he ran as "Senator Biden from Deleware" he didn't make it to Iowa.
Exactly. He doesn't become VP, he doesn't become President. Full stop.
And Biden was the first VP formerly a Senator to serve as POTUS since Lyndon Johnson in 1963.
The significant difference was that Biden ran for POTUS after having served as VP under Obama for eight years and having gone into academia for years after that. Johnson of course immediately became POTUS after JFK's assassination.
Totally true, but there's no question that he had a very long record to try to attack.