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Biden’s Iowa visit spurs rumors about 2016

Move over, Hillary.

Vice President Joe Biden appeared at an Iowa state fund-raiser on Sunday, fueling speculation that he could be looking to make a bid for the 2016 Democratic nomination for president.

Biden showed up at the annual “Tom Harkin Steak Fry” in the state whose caucuses make up the country’s first voting contest of the presidential campaigns.

“It’s amazing,” Biden said. “When you come to speak at the Steak Fry, a whole bunch of people seem to take notice.

“I don’t know why the hell that is.”

The 70-year-old vice president would join a field that is expected to include former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as the probable front-runner.

Harkin, the senior senator from Iowa, said recently that Biden could find a supportive environment in the Hawkeye State.

But he would not predict which of the heavyweight candidates might come out on top.

“They’re both well-liked in Iowa,” Harkin said. “There’s no doubt about that. But you know there’s a lot of time between now and 2015 when things really start to move.”