Joe Biden's Vice-Presidential Pick: Who's in the Running?

[Zorro]

Here are 13 women who have been under consideration by Mr. Biden, and why each might be chosen — and might not be.



Joseph R. Biden Jr. is nearing his rough deadline of Aug. 1 — this Saturday — for announcing a vice-presidential candidate, but there is little expectation at this point that he will stick to that timetable. His search committee has completed thorough vetting reports on several candidates and Mr. Biden said he intended to conduct personal interviews with all of the most serious contenders. That could take a while, and Mr. Biden is not exactly known for his quick decision-making process.

There is no particular sense of impatience within Mr. Biden’s campaign or the Democratic Party at large, since the current state of the presidential race is so favorable for Mr. Biden. He and his advisers see no urgent need for him to shake up the race, and few Democrats are prodding him to rush toward a vice-presidential announcement.

Still, many voters — and not only Democrats — are eager to see whom Mr. Biden selects as his chief political and governing partner in a moment of national crisis.

A few of the women have been widely recognized as formidable candidates since the start of the search, like Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris, while others have emerged in the public eye as serious contenders, like Senator Tammy Duckworth, Representative Karen Bass and Susan Rice, the former national security adviser.

But it is tricky to game out the prospects of each candidate when the decision is ultimately expected to be made by just one person, guided by a distinctive sense of the vice presidency and a hunger for personal chemistry with his running mate — Mr. Biden.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/biden-vice-president-2020.html

Nice summary.

[secondwind]

1. My hunch is it will be Kamala. Just a hunch.

[TlalocW]

2. I love Warren, and I think she could push Joe further left

But I think one of the reasons that Biden is doing so well is that he's good old Uncle Joe with very little baggage, and Trump doesn't know how to exploit that. The reality is that like Hillary, Warren has baggage (unfair baggage, but the perception is enough) which she can bounce back from after Trump, and I hope she does. Hell, when Biden wins, and the notorious RBG can finally step down, put Warren on the court. I like Duckworth, and other than her obvious qualifications, I'll admit to being Machiavellian about it because Trump would go to far attacking her, and that won't play well with military voters. Or Kamala, though I'd rather have her as AG so she can make more republicans cry.

TlalocW

[obamanut2012]

3. Duckworth and Harris are final two

imo

[ElementaryPenguin]

4. Susan Rice...

Could step in and be President on day one.

I really think she's going to be the pick.