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Slideshow: Obama and Biden, laughing together

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Slideshow: Obama and Biden, laughing together (Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

A new Tumblr, called Barack Obama Laughing With Joe Biden, is exactly what it sounds like: A place to find pictures of the president and vice president enjoying each other’s company. Though there is infinite documentation of the phenomenon, we were inspired to pick a few of our favorites:

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    A new Tumblr, called Barack Obama Laughing With Joe Biden, delights in posting pictures of the president and vice president enjoying each other's company. Inspired, we pulled together some of the best images. Here, Biden and Obama sit together before a campaign rally in Portsmouth, N.H., in September 2012.

    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

  • Obama and Biden backstage before the STOCK Act signing event in April 2012.

    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

  • Biden and Obama campaign together in Springfield, Ill., during the 2008 presidential race.

    (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

  • Biden, Obama and senior advisor David Plouffe in the Outer Oval Office, in April 2012.

    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

  • According to White House photographer Pete Souza, Obama, Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton purposely gestured this way so he wouldn't capture the fact that Clinton had just dropped a stack of papers on the floor. "This is one of those rare instances where my presence indirectly became a part of this reaction from those pictured in the photograph," Souza said.

    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

  • Obama and Biden chat outside the Oval Office after a meeting, in November 2012.

    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

  • Obama and Biden with chief of staff Jack Lew, in July 2012.

    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Jillian Rayfield is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on politics. Follow her on Twitter at @jillrayfield or email her at jrayfield@salon.com. More Jillian Rayfield.

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