Biden promises to announce VP pick next week

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published 28 July 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden will soon have a potential vice president of his own.

Biden will announce his running mate next week, he said in a Tuesday press conference. "I'm going to have a choice in the first week in August," Biden said, promising reporters "I'll let you know when I do." Biden has said he will pick a woman as his running mate, and protests over systemic racism in America have raised arguments that he should select a Black woman.

Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both formerly presidential contenders themselves, have gotten a lot of attention as potential vice presidential candidates. Meanwhile Obama administration National Security Adviser Susan Rice would be the VP pick Biden knows best, a source close to Biden said Tuesday. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are also reportedly in serious consideration.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.