President Obama declined to specifically say whether he will support Vice President Joe Biden should the veep run in 2016.
Obama, in an interview that aired Thursday on CBS, did however say Biden will go down as one of the "finest vice presidents in history."
The president also gave a shout out to an unnamed "extraordinary secretary of state."
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I've got somebody who will go down as one of the finest vice presidents in history and he has been, as I said earlier, a great partner in everything that I do. I suspect that there may be other potential candidates for 2016 who have been great friends and allies. I know that we've got an extraordinary secretary of state who did great service for us and worked with me and Joe to help make the country safer. Whoever the Democratic standard bearer is going to be continuing to focus on jobs, making sure that our kids are getting a great education, making sure that we're rebuilding prosperity from the middle class out in this country, and I am very much interested in making sure that some of the stuff that we've gotten started continues.