Politics | Joe Biden Joe Biden: Gay Marriage 'Inevitable' Country, like Obama, 'evolving' on the issue By Nick McMaster Posted Dec 24, 2010 3:18 PM CST Copied In this Nov. 19, 2010 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Joe Biden acknowledged today that gay marriage is probably going to be a fact of life in the United States—it's just a matter of when. Two days after President Obama used similarly gradual language to describe his position on the issue, Biden said “there’s an inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage.” Biden has made the prediction before: He told Meet the Press in 2007 that gay marriage was "probably" inevitable. Read These Next US troops gripe about leader talk that's 'over the line.' Cleveland dog walker stumbles upon a 'horrific' find. A US submarine has taken out an Iranian warship. Valerie Bertinelli makes big reveal: 'Furious about it.' Report an error