Obama urged me not to run, Biden claims

[caption id="attachment_179388" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Hillary Clinton and former Vice-President Joe Biden campaign together during an event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 15, 2016.
Picture: Charles Mostoller/Reuters[/caption]

Barack Obama repeatedly discouraged Joe Biden from running for the presidency to clear the path for Hillary Clinton, the former US vice-president says in his new memoirs, published this week.