Hillary Clinton's eternal front-runner status apparently is not scaring Vice President Joe Biden, who on Wednesday said he is not ruling out a White House run in 2016.

When pressed by George Stephanopoulos on the "Good Morning America," Biden said, "yes, there is a chance" that he might challenge Clinton, ABC News reports.

Biden said Clinton is a "really competent, capable person and a friend" but insisted that the next presidential race is still "wide open on both sides."

"Right now, my focus is getting implemented what the president talked about last night -- to nail down this recovery and get the middle class back in the game," the vice president said.

After all, Biden has time until the summer to make up his mind on whether or not to throw his hat into the ring, he added.

The first primaries on the road to determining the 2016 Democratic nominee are still a year away, but when it comes to polls, the picture for Biden is not pretty. In a CNN survey published last month, a whopping 62 percent of Democrats were rooting for Clinton. That means the former first lady, New York senator and secretary of state led the sitting vice president by 58 percentage points.

Another contender who did better than Biden was Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the favorite among some 12 percent of the party's supporters. Warren, though, has insisted that she is not interested in running in the 2016 presidential election

In addition, Politico reports Biden said he has no concerns about the shots that were fired near his Delaware home at about 8:25 p.m. on Saturday night.

"No, I'm not worried," the vice president insisted regarding the gunfire that occurred outside his home.

Biden's home "is way off the road," and there was "no evidence it was shot at the house," he explained.

The Secret Service is investigating the incident, and authorities questioned an individual later on Saturday evening.

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