Hillary Clinton team urged Biden to speak to Howard Stern

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Hillary Clinton's team encouraged President Biden to appear on "The Howard Stern Show," his producer revealed this week, after she rebuffed opportunities to speak with Stern in 2016.

The long-running talk show host surprised viewers with an unannounced appearance from Biden for his live Sirius XM show on Friday. The friendly interview covered many topics but was light on serious policy, with discussions of Biden's football playing, his family life, time as a lifeguard and first campaign for the U.S. Senate, among others.

The show's executive producer, Gary Dell’Abate, revealed on Monday that the interview was "four years" in the making, but Clinton was helpful in relaying a Stern sit-down could boost Biden in an election year.

"Believe me, there were a lot of people who were involved in helping this booking from people inferred on all that stuff — but you know who was super helpful on this? Really, really helpful. Hillary Clinton," Dell'Abate told Stern, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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"Her people really let Biden’s people know this was a good place to be."

Stern, an avid Clinton backer, revealed to The Hollywood Reporter in 2019 that he had desperately tried to book her during her presidential campaign but was