Joe Biden's big day out: a trip to Costco – in pictures
Decision point: Biden ponders a selection of baked goodsPhotograph: Susan Walsh/APReaching for the goodies: Costco employees watch as Biden sizes up children's booksPhotograph: Susan Walsh/APBiden walks up and down the many cavernous aisles of Washington DC's first Costco as adoring fans look on. It was not immediately clear if he enjoyed the ice creamPhotograph: Susan Walsh/AP
Joker-in-chief: Biden talks on an employee's cellphone at Costco Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesHa!Photograph: Susan Walsh/APBiden reportedly said that he didn't have a Costco membership card because his wife wouldn't let himPhotograph: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesMembers only: Biden holds up an honorary card alongside Costco co-founder (and Obama campaign contributor) Jim SinegalPhotograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesBling-a-ling-a-ling: I guess we know what Jill Biden is getting for ChristmasPhotograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesBiden decides on the Batman children's bookPhotograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesBiden indulges in some food samplesPhotograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesAll done! The vice-president pushes his cart home after a long day of shoppingPhotograph: Susan Walsh/AP
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