WASHINGTON, D.C. – A visibly-depressed Joe Biden has been seen wandering the halls of the White House mumbling “Barack is a tool” and “I should have voted for John (McCain).”

“Wouldn’t it be great,” Biden said to no one in particular, “if this was all just some sort of bad dream? Somebody slap me so I can wake up.”

These are surprising remarks for a sitting Vice President to make at the expense of his own Commander in Chief. However, those close to Biden aren’t surprised.

“Oh my, no, Joe’s hated the man’s guts from the very beginning,” admitted Biden’s wife, Jill.

“When he was running against Obama for the Democratic nomination, every day Joe would go on and on about how ‘that Barack guy’ was wet behind the ears and didn’t know his (rear end) from a hole in the ground.

“When Joe later agreed to be his running mate, I couldn’t believe it. I told him, ‘Joe…I thought you said Obama was unqualified? That he had JUST started his first term in the Senate and didn’t have nearly enough experience? That it would be a cold day in Hell before Americans would vote someone named Hussein into the White House?’ What happened to all of that, Joe?”

Jill Biden then described how “dead” her husband’s eyes looked, so she decided to drop the subject and make him some tea.

Though he would have a few mishaps on the campaign trail (the most notable being his speech at a Democratic fundraiser in Seattle where he promised America would be attacked if Obama was elected), Biden seemed to have put his feelings behind him as he and Obama rode a wave of optimism and lunacy into the White House.

However, as the months have dragged on it’s become apparent Biden has fallen deeper and deeper into a pit of despair.

“It’s caused him to act out,” sighed Jill Biden.

In August, several White House staff members claim to have seen Biden steal a chew toy from Obama’s family dog and replace it with a stick of dynamite. Biden allegedly had to be escorted from the area when he asked bystanders for a lighter or match.

During a recent cabinet meeting, an unshaven Biden was heard shouting, “Oh whatever, you stupid idiot,” as Obama outlined his latest strategy for Afghanistan.

Later, Biden allegedly rose to his feet and started clapping his hands very slowly after the president finished speaking. Apparently unaware the vice president was being sarcastic, Obama is said to have thanked Biden and given him a thumb’s up gesture.

During the past several days, Biden has shown up to the White House wearing a “Chicago 2016″ shirt — apparently in an effort to mock the president’s failed attempts at securing the 2016 Olympic games for his hometown of Chicago.

“One day earlier this week, (Biden) spent the entire day running around the White House shouting ‘Rio’ into a bullhorn,” said Claire Thomas, Biden’s secretary.

However, such antics aside, Biden spends most of his time moping around the White House while mumbling to himself.

“It’s clearly gotten the best of him,” admitted Jill Biden, speaking of her husband’s depression.

“He feels responsible. He thinks this whole ‘Obama in the White House’ thing is his fault. I tried cheering him up the other day by reminding him he only had three more years left of this, but he just started sobbing uncontrollably.”

When asked for comment, Biden told reporters he couldn’t talk because he had to “go put this screwdriver in an electric socket.”