Civil war, but how many people remember lincolns first Vice President , Hannibal Hamlin of paracel main . Even in maine there are some who have never heard of him. Nelson rockefeller became Vice President of the unit it states under gerald ford. What you do all day, someone once asked him. I go to funerals, he said. I go that was a fair description. With the exception of dick cheney, every modern Vice President has been utterly subordinate to the leader he has served. Most Vice President s are afterthoughts and that was especially true of joe biden. Barack obama had such a low opinion of joe bidens intelligent in his abilities that he openly mocked him to his staff, twice. Obama refused to endorse joe biden for president , presumably for the good of the country. Whats interesting and whats sad in a way, is that years later, joe biden is still in the same role. If he is elected president , joe biden would remain the junior partner in the white house. Biden will be 78 on Inauguration Day