Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Biden says he is not running for president
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:20:57 -0600

Vice President Joe Biden has decided not to mount a third run for the presidency, announcing in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, ending months of emotional hand-wringing within the Biden family and heated public speculation about whether he would launch a campaign.

"As my family and I have worked through the grieving process, I've said all along what I've said time and again to others, that it may very well be that the process by the time we get through it closes the window ... I've concluded it has closed," he said.

The decision to stay out of the race comes as Biden is still openly grieving the death of his son Beau Biden from brain cancer earlier this year. His death had been part of the motivation for Biden to run and the source of skepticism regarding the vice president's emotional state.

The absence of a Biden run is likely welcome news to Hillary Clinton, who has a strong lead in national polls among Democratic voters and delivered a solid first debate performance, but who is battling a seemingly never-ending barrage of negative headlines regarding her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. Biden could have pulled both voter support and fundraising dollars away from the Clinton campaign.

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