Politics | Beau Biden Beau Biden Making 2016 Bid for Delaware Governor Will not seek 3rd term as attorney general By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 17, 2014 12:24 PM CDT Copied In this Aug. 27, 2008, file photo, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, embraces his son Beau on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) Vice President Joe Biden's eldest son, Beau Biden, said today that he has decided not to seek re-election as Delaware attorney general this year and instead plans to run for governor in 2016. "Over the past few months, as I've been planning to run for re-election, I have also been giving a great deal of thought to running for governor in 2016," Biden said in an email to supporters this morning. "What started as a thought—a very persistent thought—has now become a course of action that I wish to pursue." Biden, 45, had said previously that he would seek a third term as attorney general, but told supporters in the email he didn't want to divide his focus between that job and a gubernatorial campaign. The announcement caught Delaware's political establishment off guard, as Biden was seen as a virtual shoo-in for re-election. Biden, who underwent surgery at a Texas cancer center last year and suffered a mild stroke in 2010, has refused to discuss his health scares, but the Texas center's head of neuro-oncology gave him "a clean bill of health" in November. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Report an error