Former Vice President Joe Biden said that the remaining Democratic presidential candidates may need Secret Service security details following an incident at his Super Tuesday rally in which his wife blocked a protester who ran on stage.
"Well, I think that that's something that has to be considered the more outrageous it becomes," Biden told NBC’s "TODAY" show in an interview that aired on Thursday. "But I tell you my wife's something else, isn't she? Well, I wasn't scared for me. I was worried about Jill. She is incredible. She did the same thing at another event in New Hampshire when a guy I didn't even see him coming behind me . . . and she runs up and grabs him."
He added, "She and my daughter have more courage than I think. Anyway that's what I worry about, I worry about Jill.”
The former vice president also commented on the incident during a fundraiser in California on Wednesday night, joking that the Secret Service might need to protect protesters from his wife.
“I’m probably the only candidate running for president whose wife is my Secret Service. Whoa, you don’t screw around with a Philly girl, I’ll tell you what,” Biden said. “I thought I heard on the news on the way over that that the committee in charge of Secret Service decided they have to start providing Secret Service for us. I think that’s because they’re afraid Jill’s going to hurt someone. I tell you what man, I married way above my station.”
Biden added on the “TODAY” show that “it’s becoming increasingly” evident that protection is necessary.
"I don't like to pull the Trump routine of someone stands up and protests and throw them out you know," he continued. "Kick the bum out kind of, I don't do that. But I do think that the idea of jumping on a stage, it's just not permissible. The last thing we need is anybody hurt."
Theodore Bunker ✉
Theodore Bunker, a Newsmax writer, has more than a decade covering news, media, and politics.
© 2026 Newsmax. All rights reserved.