Vice President Joe Biden leaned on his personal relationship with Hillary Clinton Wednesday evening to make the case for her candidacy, arguing the "times are too uncertain" to elect her rival, Donald Trump.
"Everybody knows she's smart. Everybody knows she's tough. But I know what she's passionate about," Biden said in his prime-time remarks at the Democratic convention.
The vice president spoke of his weekly breakfasts with Clinton when she served as secretary of state, during which he said he got to know the Democratic nominee closely.
Biden made the case that Clinton would serve as a continuation of the administration he and President Obama had governed for the last eight years by highlighting Obama's popularity, which drew enthusiastic cheers from the delegates gathered in the Wells Fargo Center.
"You've all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country," Biden said. "He is the embodiment of honor, resolve and character, one of the finest presidents we have ever had."
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