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- David Plouffe, President Barack Obama's strategist, advised Vice President Joe Biden in 2015 not to run, citing his emotional state after Beau Biden's death and limited space against Clinton and Sanders.
- The account comes from the University of Virginia Miller Center's oral history project documenting moments from the Obama presidency.
- The Clinton-vs-Biden decision is debated, since Clinton lost to U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.
