Joe Biden, a hopeful for the 2020 United States election is good friends with former United States President Barack Obama.
Biden took to Twitter on “Best Friends Day” Saturday and put out a tweet memorializing their very warm bond. He tweeted an interlocking friendship bracelet with both their names to mark the occasion. The caption was simple: “Happy #BestFriendsDay to my friend, @BarackObama.”
However, as expected, the post did not certainly sit well with some on social media. Many said that the tweet was clearly self-serving and an effort to remind supporters of his Obama connection ahead of the 2020 elections.
David Axelrod, Obama’s former senior adviser, responded to the tweet, saying, “This is a joke, right?” Bill Kristol responded to Axelrod, “’Fraid not.”
It has been widely known that Barrack Obama and Joe Biden have a close friendship, regardless of the fact that Obama has yet to endorse him in the upcoming 2020 elections. The Daily Beast pointed out that Joe Biden said he requested that his former boss not endorse him to be fair to other candidates.
Their strong friendship is so well-documented that Vanity Fair has a slideshow of them that could be a montage in a movie.
The friendship was, by all means, appeared to be a very unlikely one. Joe Biden was blasted for describing Barrack Obama to The New York Observerin 2007 as “articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
Biden, however, apologized for the remarks at the time and said that the quote was taken right out of context.
“Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that the Democratic or Republican Party has produced at least since I’ve been around, ” Biden said.
“And he’s fresh. He’s new. He’s smart. He’s insightful. And I really regret that some have taken totally out of context my use of the word ‘clean.'”