Park City ⢠Former Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging someone unusual, at least for a Democrat, to run for the Senate seat now held by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah: Mitt Romney. Biden told Romney he should run as they spoke together on stage in a private event at Romneyâs annual invitation-only summit over the weekend for his supporters, businessmen and Republican power brokers. Romney reacted only by smiling, according to reports from some at the event.