"I don't drink, I don't smoke, but I eat a lot of ice cream," Biden has been quoted as saying.
There's even a Tumblr dedicated to the vice president's affinity for frozen dairy products.
The good thing about being vice president is that you get to travel around quite a bit. And Biden has used this as an opportunity to visit a handful of ice-cream parlors.
Joe Biden. AP Photo/Jay LaPrete
So after Biden's announcement Tuesday that he wouldn't seek the presidency in 2016, here are 10 important pictures of the vice president enjoying his favorite frozen treat.
US Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) eats ice cream during a campaign stop at Windmill Ice Cream Shop in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, August 29, 2008.REUTERS/Jim Young
Biden gets a mouthful of Salted Oreo and Cookie Monster ice cream at the Little Man Ice Cream Parlor in Denver.
Vice President Joe Biden.AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
Biden going to town on his vanilla-chocolate double scoop from Wolfie's Ice Cream Parlor in Winstom-Salem, North Carolina.
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Biden is full of excitement as he is handed his Dairy Queen soft-serve cone in Nashville, Ohio.
Vice President Joe Biden and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, in the background at left, stop for an ice cream cone at a Dairy Queen, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Nelsonville, Ohio.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Biden munches on a cone while tending to a 17-month old child in his lap at Klavon's Authentic 1920's Ice Cream Parlor in Pittsburgh.
Vice President Joe Biden eats his ice cream cone while holding 17-month-old Jude Airy at Klavon's Authentic 1920's ice cream parlor between fund raising events in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.AP Photo/Keith Srakocic
Biden knows that ice cream makes everything better. Here he is handing out cones to customers at a Dairy Queen in Steubenville, Ohio.
Vice President Joe Biden hands out ice cream cones after stopping at Dairy Queen Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio. Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider more interested in making profits than in the needs of workers.AP Photo/Tony Dejak
Biden couldn't even wait to pay before taking a big bite of his double scoop ice cream cone from Jeni's Ice Cream Parolor in Columbus, Ohio.
Vice President Joe Biden, left, enjoys a double scoop ice cream cone from Jeni Britton Bauer, owner of Jeni's Ice Cream, during a brief stop at North Market in downtown Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.AP Photo/Jay LaPrete
Biden sampling the "White House Cherry" cone with his 9-year-old companion at Klavon's Authentic 1920's Ice Cream Parlor in Pittsburgh.
Vice President Joe Biden, left, gets a "Whitehouse Cherry" flavored ice-cream cone with his arm around 9-year Dizney Stephens during a visit to Klavon's Authentic 1920's ice cream parlor between fund raising events in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.AP Photo/Keith Srakocic
Biden's love of ice cream has gotten the president all giddy, too. They haven't even purchased it yet and they already can't control their excitement.
US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and his vice presidential running mate Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) share a laugh as they place a food order during a campaign stop at Windmill Ice Cream Shop in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, August 29, 2008.REUTERS/Jim Young
The most famous Biden-with-ice-cream photo.
Vice President Joe Biden gets ready to pay for an ice cream cone after a campaign rally.AP/Don Ryan