John Boehner had told Biden's sister that she should advise him to sit out the 2020 presidential race, called politics a 'blood sport,' book says

Despite his 1988 and 2008 campaigns failing to gain traction, Joe Biden yearned for the presidency.

In August 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama of Illinois tapped Biden to be his vice presidential running mate, catapulting him to the highest levels of government.

Beau Biden, the son of Biden, died in May of 2015.

After the death of Biden's son, the question of his entry into the 2016 presidential campaign lingered for months until October 2015, when he decided not to run.

The party tried to find a new generation of stars after Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump.

Biden was still in the picture.

In her forthcoming book, the now-president's sister revealed that former Republican House Speaker John Boehner told her to stay out of the race.

The book was published in West Wing Playbook.

Owens, who ran all of her brother's Senate bids and served as a senior advisor to his successful 2020 campaign, said in the book that the retired.

According to Owens, the former speaker said that Biden was a good man and had served his country well.

He was first elected to the House in 1990 and was speaker from January 2011 until October 2015; he resigned from the lower chamber at the end of that month.

Owens was told by the ex-speaker to just enjoy his life. They will eat him. Politics is a blood sport.

Owens wanted to say to those who were urging him on, "Look, he's done enough." Leave him alone.

She wrote that most of the family were in favor of Biden running for president.

Owens said that she was concerned about the negative tone of the campaign.

She wrote that her husband, Jack Owens, also encouraged him to enter the race.

He told the former vice president that he had to do this.

After a rocky start in the Iowa caucus, New Hampshire primary, and Nevada caucus, Biden went on to win South Carolina, which led to broad victories on Super Tuesday.

He was able to establish a lead over his main rival after his performance in South Carolina.

Biden defeated Trump in the general election in November of 2020 because of the economy, COVID-19, health care, and racial inequality.