Kammala wannan jumla: A kowane hali, Biden ba zai sake tsayawa takarar shugaban kasa ba har sai yakin neman zabensa na 2008, shekaru ashirin bayan haka. A wannan lokacin ya yi shi zuwa Iowa caucuses, amma ya janye bayan wani matalauta nuna. A halin da ake ciki, Biden da Kinnock sun zama abokai na kusa bayan abin da ya faru. Taron a watan Agusta 2008, bayan da dan takarar Demokradiyya Barack Obama ya zabi Biden a matsayin abokin takarar sa, Biden ya gabatar da Kinnock ga ma'aikatan Majalisar Dattawa ta hanyar cewa: "Hey, ku mutane! Ka san wannan mutumin? Ya kasance babban marubucin jawabi na". Obama da Biden sun ci gaba da lashe babban zaben a kan tikitin Republican na John McCain da Sarah Palin. Ba a taɓa yin watsi da yakin neman zaben Biden na 1988 ba wani muhimmin al'amari a tseren, kuma Biden ya gayyaci Kinnock don
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