Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were cracking each other up backstage last night

Hillary Clinton and President Obama.
(Image credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

While everyone's eyes were glued to the Democratic National Convention's stage last night, Hillary Clinton and President Obama were practically falling out of their seats laughing backstage. In a private moment between the president and the Democratic presidential nominee Wednesday night, something so funny was said that Obama literally doubled over chuckling:

Vice President Joe Biden, for one, gave lots of hugs:

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Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine practiced his speech:

And Obama and former President Bill Clinton had a good long talk:

Now, if only we knew what that joke was.

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