Joe Biden wants everyone to know: Barack Obama is his best friend.
In a tweet Saturday evening to mark National Best Friends Day, the 2020 Democratic front-runner shared a photo of the friendship bracelet Obama made him three years ago when Biden was vice president and Obama was president.
Happy #BestFriendsDay to my friend, @BarackObama. pic.twitter.com/JTd1t7NtyL
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 9, 2019
Obama made the bracelet in June 2016 as part of a video for BuzzFeed’s “Turn Up to Vote Week” series.
Biden previously tweeted out a photo of the bracelet on Aug. 4, 2016, Obama’s birthday. “Happy 55th, Barack! A brother to me, a best friend forever,” he said at the time.
Happy 55th, Barack! A brother to me, a best friend forever. pic.twitter.com/uNsxouTKOO
— VP Biden (Archived) (@VP44) August 4, 2016
Biden is leading the polls by a wide margin, but has not received the endorsement of his former boss. Shortly after he announced his candidacy in April, Biden claimed he asked Obama not to endorse him as a candidate in the 2020 Democratic primary.
Obama declined to endorse a candidate in the 2016 election until he picked Hillary Clinton in June of that year, a month ahead of the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia as part of an effort to unite the Democratic Party shaken by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ surprisingly strong showing in the primaries.
