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Vice President Joe Biden might finally be giving a hint at his plans on running to succeed his boss, President Obama. And it’s good news for former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In a new Democratic fundraising letter just received, he calls his current post “the best job in the world.” And this is from a guy who brags that “I’ve been in the business for a long time.”

The 2016 Presidential Candidates and Their Scandals

As more presidential candidates begin to campaign for 2016, the gloves are starting to come off. New scandals are being unearthed or created, and old controversies are undoubtedly going to be pulled out of the closet time and time again.

In an effort to organize the obloquy, we’ve put together a simple info graphic outlining the major scandals attached to each candidate in each party, starting with the Democrats.

Biden ‘not ready’ to decide on presidential run

Vice President Joe Biden said he had not made a decision on whether he will run for president and sounded the alarm about Republican plans to cut estate taxes.

Biden made the statement in a roundtable discussion with reporters at the White House Monday including The Detroit News a day after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her run for the Democratic nomination. He said he has plenty of time to decide.

Is Joe Biden ready for Joe?

Joe Biden isn’t not running for president.

That’s not a typo: Hillary Clinton is about to kick off her campaign, and the vice president has taken no steps to run, or to figure out a real plan for what happens if he doesn’t. But he’s not out of the race, either.

Gore in 2016?

Back in 2004, the telltale sign of a far-left liberal was a “Reelect President Gore in 2004″ bumper sticker. Some Democrats want to update that slogan for 2016. Liberal pundit Ezra Klein urged Gore to run in a column onVox.com and articles discussing a potential Gore candidacy appeared on CBS, National Journal, and other media outlets.

The Case for Covering Biden

The perfect marker that the press doesn’t take Joe Biden seriously as a potential presidential candidate came earlier this month when he addressed members of the firefighters union, comparing labor’s foes to “blackshirts,” “intent on breaking” unions.

There’s only one prominent Democratic contender who has traveled to all three early presidential primary states so far in 2015. It’s not Hillary Clinton. Nor is it Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, or even Martin O’Malley.