Trump has made me and most of the country very leary of "figurative" statements.
If you had any reading comprehension skills whatsoever you'd see that Biden did not even figuratively say he was considering a Republican running mate.
The OP of this (especially with the list of names) was so blatantly dishonest it should've been outright deleted, not merged into this thread. This thread in general was an absolute embarrassment.
Only someone who considers 'Republican' a dirty word could possibly have this much of a violent reaction to this speculation.