Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday claimed that he had served as Hillary Clinton’s rabbi before she decided to run for the presidency.

“When she came to the Senate, I was what they facetiously referred to in Senate as her rabbi” Biden said at an outdoor campaign rally for Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto in Las Vegas.

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“I have known Hillary for over 30 years. Everybody knows she’s smart and she’s tough. Everybody knows that. But you know what else I know about her, but she has not yet been able to break through and show: I know her heart. I know her heart. When she was the Secretary of State, she came and had breakfast at my home every single Tuesday morning for an hour and a half. And when she came to the Senate, I was what they facetiously referred to in Senate as her rabbi. I was the one who got her on committees. No, for real. We’ve been close friends, and I know how much she cares.”