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[[File:2019.04.25-01.40-thepoliticalinsider-5cc1b8cdefd1a-768x676.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Joe Biden kicked off his presidential campaign with an easily debunked lie.]]
[[File:2019.04.25-01.40-thepoliticalinsider-5cc1b8cdefd1a-768x676.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Joe Biden kicked off his presidential campaign with an easily debunked lie.]]
:{{See also|Joseph Biden 2020 presidential campaign|United States presidential election, 2020|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
:{{See also|Joseph Biden 2020 presidential campaign|United States presidential election, 2020|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
Early polls in August 2015 showed Biden's favorability ratings beating both [[Sec. Hillary Clinton]] and [[Bernie sanders]]. When ''[[The New York Times]]'' began investigating the [[Biden-Ukraine scandal]], Bidendropped out of the race in October 2015.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/politics/joe-biden-not-running-2016-election/index.html</ref> The New York Times reported details of the scandal in December 2015.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>
A CNN focus group of registered Democrats in March 2019 roundly rejected Biden as a serious contender.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/432611-cnn-focus-group-rejects-biden</ref> [[Biden's age]] and being out of touch seemed to be major factors. Biden launched his campaign anyway on April 25, 2019, by promoting the anti-Trump Charlottesville hoax and praising violent [[Antifa]] members.<ref>Multiple references:
A CNN focus group of registered Democrats in March 2019 roundly rejected Biden as a serious contender.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/432611-cnn-focus-group-rejects-biden</ref> [[Biden's age]] and being out of touch seemed to be major factors. Biden launched his campaign anyway on April 25, 2019, by promoting the anti-Trump Charlottesville hoax and praising violent [[Antifa]] members.<ref>Multiple references:
*Scarry, Eddie (April 25, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-biden-is-running-on-the-medias-charlottesville-lie-about-trump Joe Biden is running on the media's Charlottesville lie about Trump]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
*Scarry, Eddie (April 25, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-biden-is-running-on-the-medias-charlottesville-lie-about-trump Joe Biden is running on the media's Charlottesville lie about Trump]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 25, 2019.