 He would love it. Understand, Joe Biden and Barack Obama, they don't get along. Barack Obama does not like Joe Biden. He thinks he's a fool. He nominated him in an attempt to look somewhat moderate in 2008, and he's been living with that bad decision ever since. According to the Washington Post, former President Barack Obama has privately told allies who have reached out to him that President Biden's already tough path to re-election grew more challenging after his shaky debate performance on Thursday, a harsher assessment of the presidential race than his public comments, according to several people familiar with his remarks.