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As Biden Launches 'American Possibilities' PAC, Is One Possibility A 2020 Bid? Maybe

Former Vice President Joe Biden listens while seated on the stage during 2017 Harvard College Class Day exercises last week. / Steven Senne / Shutterstock.com

Is Joe Biden plotting a 2020 bid for president? Don't entirely rule it out.

The former vice president launched a political action committee this week — the surest sign yet he intends to keep his toe dipped in the White House waters over the next few years.

On the new American Possibilities PAC website, Biden writes that "the negativity, the pettiness, the small-mindedness of our politics drives me crazy. We're better than this."

"It's time to treat each other with dignity and respect. Not as opponents, but as fellow Americans. Because

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