[Oldexpat]

Do you actually think that Obama would give Biden access to the codes? This is your answer.

[DoughtyOne]

There is more than one football. The President, of course, travels with one, but the Vice President travels with a nuclear football, as well. I’m sure there is a foolproof system that prevents the Vice President from launching nuclear weapons on his own, but the VP needs a football with him in case, for example, the President dies in a nuclear strike and the nation (and new President) needs to retaliate immediately. There are probably spare nuclear footballs stashed at undisclosed locations, continuity of government sites, and air force bases around the country. There is a backup football at the White House that can be dispatched to the President or Vice President, if necessary. When he’s at home, obviously, the President doesn’t need to have the military aide following him around with the football because he has the capability to launch nuclear strikes and access the necessary communication systems from within the White House.

I believe this is probably true. Biden is a nut-job to be sure, but I don't think he'd claim a guy was carrying the nuclear football if he wasn't.

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[1_Rain_Drop]

"Do you actually think that Obama would give Biden access to the codes? This is your answer."

Did obama ever have the codes or access to them?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Did we think that Obama would give Biden access to the nuclear codes?

Yes, but only the old ones on the Secret Decoder Ring from the movie “A Christmas Story”, the one that you got for 5 Ovaltine tops.

As they say in the Secret Service detail attached to Biden, “Hey Biden. Have a cup of “Joe”.
(WW2 guys will know what this means)

Joe Biden, like the Energizer Bunny, the gift that keeps on “giving”. Oh, sorry, that was Bill Clinton’s line.