 Biden's father stated after the announcement of Kaufman's appointment, "It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General, would make a great United States Senator just as I believe he has been a great attorney general.But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life that any office he sought he would earn on his own... [I]f he chooses to run for the Senate in the future, he will have to run and win on his own.He wouldn't have it any other way."