Vice President Joe Biden has always been thought to have an affectionate relationship with the president.
But he took it to the next level on Thursday with a tweet wishing President Barack Obama happy birthday.
Here's the tweet:
Happy 55th, Barack! A brother to me, a best friend forever. pic.twitter.com/uNsxouTKOO
- Vice President Biden (@VP) August 4, 2016
The tweet is a play on a "get out the vote" effort from earlier this year that showed Obama making a friendship bracelet for Biden:
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The message was retweeted thousands of times within minutes.
But it still doesn't beat Obama's tweet from right after he won the 2012 election:
Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom
- Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012
It's one of the most popular tweets of all time.