WASHINGTON — As his political future remains the subject of intense speculation, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will end a summer of grief and contemplation on Wednesday by traveling to South Florida, one of the richest grounds for raising campaign cash.
His office and his advisers have been silent about whether the trip is intended to pave the way for a presidential run. There are nonpresidential explanations for everything on his schedule, which includes a speech at Miami Dade College, a $10,000-a-couple fund-raising dinner to benefit the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and a meeting on Thursday at a Jewish community center to discuss the Iran nuclear deal. In Atlanta on Thursday night, he will give a speech on foreign affairs at a synagogue.
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“I don’t know if Joe Biden runs for president, but I wouldn’t read a lot into the tea leaves from him going to South Florida,” said James Carville, a longtime Democratic political consultant. “That’s a regular stop on the itinerary of any senior Democratic politician’s itinerary.”