Hunter Biden trashes Democratic leadership, hails Gavin Newsom as party's 'greatest warrior'

Biden told Radel a leader will emerge eventually after also naming Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

"But more than anything, we just have to unify - not just as Democrats. I'm kind of sick of party labels. I am disappointed in much of the Democratic Party, leadership in Congress, in the United States Senate," he said.

"I look at somebody like Mayor Mamdani, and I'm inspired, absolutely, completely inspired by the way in which he has not only won his election but the way that he's leading now," he continued.

Shapiro, Beshear and Newsom are considered potential 2028 candidates for Democrats, but no one has officially announced their candidacy.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who ran in 2024 instead of Biden after the former president decided to drop out, has said she's thinking about running again in 2028.

During remarks at the event, Biden compared a Black member of the school's Board of Trustees to former President Barack Obama.

"I'm completely biased as it relates to what my dad did for me. I fully understand how uniquely situated I am in being privileged enough to have received a pardon from my father," he said.