The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, the economic future of the next generation. A president has got to know the territory.
The irony is that Biden is running under a man that will need to use the White House to “learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace,” etc.
Senator Joe Biden lost out to Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries. Yes, that Dukakis … the guy in the Army tank photo op … the photo-op that tanked his presidential aspirations after beating Biden and others in the primaries.