Joe Biden served as the vice president of the US under Barack Obama from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017 and later served as president from January 20, 2021 to January 20, 202501:51, 29 Jul 2026Updated 01:52, 29 Jul 2026Audio recordings between a former US president Joe Biden and his ghostwriter have been released.‌The release on Monday, July 27 comes after a lengthy court battle after the conservative Oversight Project sued the Justice Department. The former US leader had fought to keep the recordings private before abandoning his legal challenge.‌The content of the recordings appears broadly consistent with findings that Mr Biden retained classified material after leaving the vice presidency and offer a snippet into his experience working under former US president Barack Obama.‌Mr Biden served as the vice president of the US under Mr Obama January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. He later went on to serve as the country's 46th president from January 20, 2021 to January 20, 2025.In the tapes, Mr Biden discusses notes from his time as vice president, while showing them to biographer Mark Lewis Zwonitzer.‌"They didn't even know I had this," Biden says while reportedly referring to handwritten notes he kept from his time in office. Parts of the discussion are redacted because they relate to allegedly classified foreign policy matters.Mr Biden abruptly stops himself at another point."And then — and then the next thing I have here is — this is classified," he said.‌The recordings also the details of a tension point between Mr Biden and Mr Obama.Mr Biden says Mr Obama would "really get p***ed" at him during arguments over how aggressively the administration should respond to the 2008 financial crisis."I was a really lonely voice on housing, I was a lonely voice on the middle class. I mean, I thought we should be much more aggressive than putting these guys in jail and the bankers," he says.‌"I mean, he used to really get p***ed at me."The recordings also revisit Mr Biden's decision not to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination in 2016.Article continues belowHe recalled Mr Obama telling him the decision was ultimately his own, but warning it would be "really be an uphill battle.""The fact is that he didn't think it was doable at that time, that I could, that I could actually go out and get the nomination," Biden said."That was my read at the time."