Biden Barely Mentions The Obama Years In Nostalgic Return To Campaign Trail

Fire fighters hold up signs as former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters conference in Washington, DC on March 12, 2019. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) ... Fire fighters hold up signs as former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters conference in Washington, DC on March 12, 2019. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

March 12, 2019 2:38 p.m.

In his unofficial return to the campaign trail, Joe Biden spent more time talking about Adlai Stevenson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lenny Bruce than President Obama.

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