Vice President Joe Biden visited the Capitol Tuesday to buoy dispirited Democrats in a trip that also served as a farewell tour for the elder statesmen who raised the specter that he might not be done with electoral politics just yet.

“I don’t make decisions that far in advance; it’s never worked for me,” he told reporters seeking clarification about comments he made Monday night intimating he was willing to seek the presidency in 2020, when he would be 77.