Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chero zvazvingava, Biden haazomiririzve kuva mutungamiri wenyika kusvikira pamushandirapamwe wake wa2008, makore makumi maviri gare gare. Nguva ino akazviita kuIowa caucuses, asi akazvibvisa pashure pokuratidzira kwakashata. Zvichakadaro, Biden naKinnock vakanga vava shamwari dzepedyo pashure pechiitiko chokubiridzira. Musangano muna Nyamavhuvhu 2008, mushure mekunge Biden asarudzwa nemumiriri weDemocratic Barack Obama semumiriri wake, Biden akazivisa Kinnock kuvashandi vake veSeneti achiti: "Hei, imi vanhu! Unoziva uyu mukomana here? Aimbova munyori wangu mukurusa wokunyora hurukuro". Obama naBiden vakapfuurira kukunda sarudzo huru vachipesana netikiti reRepublican raJohn McCain naSarah Palin. Kukundikana kwemushandirapamwe waBiden wa1988 hakuna kumbova nhau inokosha munhangemutange, uye Biden akakoka Kinnock kuti
kugadzwa.