Former Vice President Joe Biden told a packed house at the University of Utah on Thursday that he’s “found his purpose” in life but didn’t reveal whether that includes another presidential run.
The roughly hourlong question-and-answer session will likely be Biden’s final public appearance of the year, and he used it to speak about his upbringing, his entrée to politics and the 2015 death of his son, Beau Biden.
During his illness, Beau Biden made his father promise not to let grief rob him of purpose in life. The vow — echoed in the title of Biden’s new memoir, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose” — was interpreted by some as an indication that the longtime U.