Joe Biden says he's 'confident' Hillary Clinton will be the next president

It wasn't an endorsement, but Vice President Joe Biden did reveal Tuesday that he's fairly positive Hillary Clinton will win the 2016 election.

"I feel confident that Hillary will be the nominee, and I feel confident she'll be the next president," he told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts. Biden has not formally endorsed Clinton or rival Bernie Sanders, and in April made supportive comments about both candidates — the vice president said he'd "like to see a woman elected" as president and suggested he appreciates Sanders' campaign messaging. "I like the idea of saying, 'We can do much more,' because we can," he told The New York Times.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.