CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Democratic activists swarmed to Iowa recently to hear from their 2016 presidential contenders. But the talk at the crammed hotel bar afterward moved to an undeclared potential candidate: Joe Biden.
It’s six months until the Iowa caucuses and the Democratic field still has one big asterisk: the 72-year-old sitting vice president. He has twice before sought the office. Now, even as he is grieving the recent death of his eldest son, he remains the force that could disrupt the Democratic field.
The question of ‘‘will he or won’t he’’ has become a parlor game of sorts in Washington and the early primary states where politicos gather. Most have a strong opinion — and last week in Iowa was no different.
One strategist claimed to have it on good authority that the vice president’s name would appear on the primary ballots. But others say the exact opposite. In interviews with a half-dozen people who have spoken to Biden in recent weeks, nobody offered a clear answer.
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