Joe Biden is under pressure to pick a Black woman as his vice presidential running mate. But polls suggest Black Democratic voters may prefer Sen. Warren over Sen. Harris. - sahilkapur
this week, said she’s “not going to go there” when asked if she was being vetted by the Biden campaign.
Biden, a former vice president himself, told donors in late May his team had been interviewing candidates and he hoped to announce his pick by Aug. 1, according to a pool report.“I have not made that judgment because we’ve just started now the deep dive in doing the background checks. They take six to eight weeks to get done.
Harris, who has Jamaican and Indian heritage, would make history as the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to be vice president. She has one other advantage over a top rival: She’s 55, while Warren is 71. Biden, who would be 78 and the oldest president ever to take office, has offered himself as a transitional candidate serving as a bridge to the next generation.
Warren's allies are selling the former Harvard law professor as a strong governing partner to Biden as he seeks to rebuild an economy in tatters. They point to her strengths with young and left-wing voters, a, as evidence that she's the best option to limit defections to the Green Party, which were devastating to Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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