Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE said Thursday that he doesn’t “know what happened” to Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op MORE (R-S.C.), adding that they are friends and Graham pushing for an investigation into his son Hunter Biden has been a “disappointment.”

Joe Biden, a 2020 presidential candidate, made the comments on ABC’s “The View” about a week after the Senate voted to acquit President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE of the two impeachment articles approved in the House. The House impeachment was centered around Trump’s push for Ukraine to announce a probe of the Bidens over unfounded allegations of corruption. 

Graham, a top Trump ally, has supported efforts to investigate matters related to the Bidens and Ukraine. He first disclosed on Sunday that the Justice Department had created a process in which it could review information on Ukraine from Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiSunday shows preview: Protests against George Floyd’s death, police brutality rock the nation for a second week Piers Morgan, Rudy Giuliani in furious debate over Trump: ‘You sound completely barking mad’ Rudy Giuliani calls on Cuomo to remove Bill de Blasio MORE. 

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Asked about Graham’s position, Biden said that he, Graham and the late Sen. John McCainJohn Sidney McCainThe Hill’s Campaign Report: Bad polling data is piling up for Trump Cindy McCain ‘disappointed’ McGrath used image of John McCain in ad attacking McConnell Report that Bush won’t support Trump reelection ‘completely made up,’ spokesman says MORE (R-Ariz.) used to travel a lot together while they were all in the Senate. 

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“I don’t know what happened,” he said, “because the way he dealt with the attacks on John after he passed away … I don’t know what happened.” 

Asked if Graham’s actions were part of a reelection strategy, Biden said, “I think that’s it but it even surprises me.”

“Look, some things you have to do aren’t worth the job,” he said. “I have to admit it’s a disappointment, but it is what it is and there’s nothing there. This is all to try make it sound like Trump had some rationale for doing what he did. He violated the Constitution. Every single person who testified acknowledged he did that and now they say it doesn’t matter that you violate the Constitution. He just weaponized the presidency.”

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House Democrats argued that Trump’s dealings with Ukraine amounted to a clear abuse of power and that he was unfit for office. But Trump and his GOP allies have repeatedly contended that the president was concerned with rooting out corruption when he brought up the Bidens in a call with the Ukrainian president. 

To defend the stance, they’ve seized on Hunter Biden’s work for a Ukrainian gas company while Biden served as vice president. Hunter Biden sat on the board of Burisma as Biden pushed for the dismissal of a Ukrainian prosecutor. There is no evidence that either Biden committed any wrongdoing. 

Graham said Sunday that he continued to think “questions about the conflict of interest regarding Hunter Biden in Ukraine need to be asked.”

Joe Biden has repeatedly denounced Trump’s push for an investigation of him as an effort to “destroy” him and his family. He said on “The View” that he’s found it particularly “hurtful” seeing Graham support the efforts. 

But he said that the South Carolina senator remained a friend, saying that “presidents can’t hold grudges.” 

Biden’s appearance on “The View” came after poor showings in the first two states of the Democratic primary season. Biden, who had led many national polls heading into the year, placed in fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire.