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.
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