Joe Biden’s 2008 Presidential Platform Looked Much Different From His 2020 Rendition

Joe Biden's third presidential run was his first successful one — with a much different platform from what he had last time. The former two-term vice president ran for president twice before:  once in 1988 and again in 2008. He dropped out in 1988 after a plagiarism scandal; and in 2008, he failed to gain much traction with then-Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama, former first lady and then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, and 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards in the race. Bid

Joe Biden's third presidential run was his first successful one — with a much different platform from what he had last time. The former two-term vice president ran for president twice before:  once in 1988 and again in 2008. He dropped out in 1988 after a plagiarism scandal; and in 2008, he failed to gain much traction with then-Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama, former first lady and then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, and 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards in the race. Bid…