Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Begins His Book Tour

Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: Hillary's backers 'would stop at nothing' says Joe Biden. Ex-VP reveals he feared deeply personal campaign as his family mourned dead son and were roiled by sex scandal - but says he'd have WON if he'd run

* In his new memoir, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, Joe Biden reveals he did not want to be vice president after he was asked by Obama
* The former VP also details how he and his family were confident he could win the 2016 presidency, but Obama 'was almost certain' Hillary would be the nominee
* Biden had wrestled with the idea of running before and after the death of son Beau, who had encouraged him to enter the race for years
* He writes how in early 2015, months before Beau's death, Hillary Clinton was already preparing to launch her campaign and became vigilant of Biden's moves
* The summer after his son died, he began to make headway in the media he began to receive messages from Hillary through the press, he writes
* 'And Clinton backers sent the signal that they would not stop at voting records and policies if I did get in the race,' Biden reveals
* He does not mention scandal then tearing his family apart - his surviving son Hunter's split from his wife amid claims of drugs and prostitutes
* Hunter Biden is now in a relationship with his brother Beau's widow

Joe Biden knew he was capable of beating Hillary Clinton in the presidential race - but decided not to run fearing a 'stop at nothing' campaign by her backers, the former vice president has revealed in his new memoir.

In Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, set to be released November 14, Biden reveals how he wrestled with the idea of running for office before and after his son Beau's death, and even admits he did not want to be Obama's vice president in 2008.

The book documents Biden's life as President Obama's tenure drew to a close and the media's focus had shifted to the prospects of the presidency.

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Update #1: Joe Biden Talks About His New Memoir, 'Promise Me, Dad' (New York Times)
Update #2: Joe Biden knew he could beat Hillary Clinton but feared negative campaign, he writes in new memoir (The Telegraph)

WNU Editor: He clearly did not want to confront the Clinton war machine .... and now that we know through Donna Brazille's book that the "fix was in" .... probably a smart move on the part of the former Vice President..