Vice President Biden gets Obama’s blessing for White House run

Vice President Joe Biden received President Barack Obama's "blessing" to make a 2016 bid for the White House, according to a senior Democrat reporting on a lunch both attended Monday at the White House. Biden has not as yet made any announcement about his intentions to seek the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton. His office played down speculation about his political future. "This lunch was a private meeting between two people — the President and the Vice President," Biden spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff said