Gay Gala Offers Pulpits for Two Favorites in Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton

Advocates got a side-by-side measure of the would-be candidate and the front-runner in the Democratic race.

Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton appear at a rally in support of Barack Obama on Oct. 12, 2008, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Photographer: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images

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By Margaret Talev and Angela Greiling Keane

October 3, 2015 at 9:00 AM UTC

Updated on

October 4, 2015 at 1:20 AM UTC

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As Joe Biden nears a decision on whether to seek the White House in 2016, gay rights advocates got a side-by-side look on Saturday of the would-be candidate and the front-runner in the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton.

Biden delivered the keynote speech at the gala dinner in Washington for the Human Rights Campaign, a prominent LGBT civil rights and lobbying group. His appearance followed one early Saturday by Clinton, who bowed out of the headline role to appear on Saturday Night Live.