Biden
secretly met with a Clinton financial backer: report
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[September 15, 2015]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice
President Joe Biden has secretly met with Robert Wolf, a former UBS
executive and major fundraiser for President Barack Obama, Bloomberg
reported on Monday, one of the strongest indications yet that he is
seriously considering a 2016 presidential bid.
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Biden has been evaluating whether to challenge former U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the current front-runner for the
nomination to represent the Democratic Party in the November 2016
presidential race.
Wolf told Bloomberg he was supporting Clinton but said he met with
Biden for more than 90 minutes during the vice president's trip to
New York City last week.
Wolf said Biden had not definitely said he would run for president
and did not make a plea for his support. But the news marks the
first confirmed meeting between Biden and a heavyweight fundraiser
who has publicly backed Clinton.
Positive poll numbers have led Biden, a former senator who has twice
before run for president, to consider joining the race to challenge
Clinton, also a former senator and first lady.
But he has remained undeclared as he and his family are weighing
whether they have the energy and commitment for a presidential race
after the recent death of his son, Beau.
In an emotional interview with talk-show host Stephen Colbert,
during the same New York trip, Biden, 72, said he was not in a place
where he could say he could devote his full self to running for
president again.
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Wolf, who owns a financial consulting firm, previously served as
chairman and chief executive officer of UBS's Americas division as
well as president and chief operating officer of UBS Global
Investment Bank, both units of UBS Group AG.
(Reporting by Alina Selyukh; Editing by Susan Heavey and Jonathan
Oatis)
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