Biden says couldn't turn down VP offer from Obama

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Foreign policy heavyweight Joseph Biden said Sunday he would serve as Barack Obama's vice presidential nominee if asked, but insisted he was not angling for the job.

Senator Biden, a front-runner in the media VP stakes whose own bid for the Democratic nomination this year was short-lived, said on NBC television: "I am not interested in the vice presidency."

Biden, who is chairman of the Senate's powerful foreign relations committee and would bring national-security heft to an Obama ticket, said he had told the party's new standard-bearer that he was not interested.

But he added: "If the candidate asks me to be vice president, the answer is I got to say yes. But he's not going to ask me.

"Unlike most other people, I'm being straight...