Biden Says He Was Hesitant To Be Obama’s VP: ‘I Said, Barack, I Don’t Want To Be Vice President’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
You had spent so many years in the Senate you were so prepared to be president yourself was it hard to be vice president I would think in some ways you’d say to yourself she I liked it better in the Senate at least I had like I had more to do well I’ll tell you a true story Brock became the deao candidate in I guess it was the middle of August and I’m riding home in the train as usual and I get a phone call as Barack he said I want to do a background check on you I said Brock I don’t want to be vice president I can help you much more as a senior senator I was fairly successful there and he said well there’s only two of you I think that’s what he said and I said Brock he said well there’s only you and I said Brock I don’t want to be vice president I can help you better and so I go home he said do me a favor when you get home the night he knew my family talk to your family get back to me in 24 maximum 48 Hours said okay Brock so I called and said let’s get a family Mee in the back porch we get a family meeting and to my not not to my surprise Jill says you know you ought to do it I said what she said otherwise you’ll be asked to be Secretary of State and you’ll be away all the time and then my son Bo gave a reason why I should do it and Hunter and everybody and my mom was living with this time because we just lost my dad and I looked at my mom I said honey you haven’t said anything she said let me get this straight when I called you and asked you about Barack when he defeated you back in the bring you said he was bright he was honest he was really a capable guy I said yeah Mom what’s your point she said Joey the first black man history is a chance to be president and you told him no right