Former Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. released a single, three-and-a-half minute video on Thursday morning, making official what many have speculated for months and even years: he is running for president.

“We are in the battle for the soul of this nation,” said Biden. “If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation – who we are – and I cannot stand by and watch that happen.

The 76-year-old Delaware Democrat boasts a record of numerous different accomplishments he has made throughout his political career, such as writing the Violence of Women Act of 1994. He has an equally long list of controversies, however, most notably from when he presided the hearing in 1991 that Anita Hill testified in. Biden to this day refuses to apologize to Hill, who had accused the now Supreme Court Justice and then nominee Clarence Thomas, for sitting by as Republicans attacked her and not calling witnesses that would have supported Hill’s words.

“I’m sorry for the way she got treated,” former Vice President said on ABC’s The View. “If you go back to what I said and didn’t say, I don’t think I treated her badly.”

This attitude, in addition to the recent allegations that Biden has a history of touching women inappropriately, bring around the question whether or not he is fit to lead America in this era of women’s rights. Biden remains a stable frontrunner among Democrats in nearly all the polls for now, but it may not take much to end his campaign at once if he handles these issues the wrong way. If he does it the right way, though, he may be the next president of the United States.

“The best way to judge me is to watch, see if I have the energy and the capacity,” Biden said.