CBS Reports Vice President Biden Met Saturday With Elizabeth Warren In Washington
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden met privately with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at his Washington, D.C., residence Saturday, CBS News has confirmed.
Biden's meeting with the prominent Democrat is the strongest sign yet that the vice president is becoming more serious as he considers a potential bid for the White House in 2016.
A source with knowledge of the gathering told CBS News that Biden met with the Democratic senator at the vice president's request.
The unusual weekend huddle with Warren, a Massachusetts senator, took place at the Naval Observatory, the vice president's official residence.
An Obama administration official said Biden had traveled at the last minute to Washington for the private meeting and planned to return to Delaware the same day. Both of the individuals spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the meeting publicly.
Biden's meeting with Warren was the latest sign that the vice president is seriously considering entering the race, and that he's increasingly discussing it with Democratic leaders outside of his small cadre of longtime advisers.
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