Yeah here’s that crazy interview where Joe says he’ll develop some disease and resign. What in the world!
https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany/status/1334700028129112065?s=21
Looking at the quote, he's talking about his time as vice president.
Thus he said if he wasn't in lockstep with his president, he'd come up with a way to gracefully leave office and let the [then sitting] president carry on.
But, in the event I'm wrong: Rutabaga.