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Obama, Biden do lunch amid 2016 campaign speculation

FILE - In this July 14, 2014 file-pool photo, Vice President Joe Biden listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama is the man in the middle as his vice president weighs challenging his former secretary of state for the 2016 Democratic nomination. While Obama would officially stay neutral in a Biden-Clinton face-off, the contest would essentially be a fight over which of his closest advisers is the rightful heir to his legacy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File) FILE - In this July 14, 2014 file-pool photo, Vice President Joe Biden listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama is the man in the middle as his vice president weighs challenging his former secretary of state for the 2016 Democratic nomination. While Obama would officially stay neutral in a Biden-Clinton face-off, the contest would essentially be a fight over which of his closest advisers is the rightful heir to his legacy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

By Associated Press August 24, 2015 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have a lot to catch up on.

Just back from two weeks of vacation on the tony Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard, Obama is holding his weekly lunch with Biden Monday. While the president has been away, Biden has been ramping up discussions about whether he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

If Biden runs, it would put Obama in an awkward position. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his former secretary of state, is currently the front-runner in the Democratic primary, but she’s been plagued with questions about her use of personal email and a private server while in government.

It’s all but certain that Obama would not endorse a candidate in the primary if both Biden and Clinton run.