Book Claims First Lady Wanted Biden to Run

The rivalry between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in 2008 was so vicious, it left “deep and lasting scars on both the Clinton and Obama camps, and they are still shockingly fresh,” writes Kate Andersen Brower in the new tome, First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies, according to the New York Post.

“The book, out Tuesday from ­HarperCollins, reportedly reveals Michelle Obama was even hoping Joe Biden would launch a presidential run so he could beat Hillary this time around.”

Said one former Obama adviser: “When Michelle Obama views the Clintons, I don’t want to say she’s looking down her nose at them — but she kind of is.” The book adds that Michelle’s relationship with Hillary was “fraught with hurt feelings and resentment.”