- Susan Rice, Kamala Harris In Pole Position To Clinch VP Nomination
Democratic presidential candidate, Mr Joe Biden is set to announce hid running mate mid-week.
Biden, according to The New York Times, has interviewed the finalists to be his running mate and his campaign is readying to announce his choice, a source familiar with the process told Reuters.
Biden and his potential vice president will formally accept the party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention, scheduled for August 17-20, and he is expected to announce his pick before it begins.
Biden has missed previous deadlines to announce his pick, and that the timeline could slip again.
Biden, the former vice president under Barack Obama, has committed to picking a woman as his running mate and has come under increasing pressure from some Democratic leaders and activists for her to be Black.
In another report, over 100 Black male celebrities have signed an open letter calling on Joe Biden to choose a Black woman as his running mate in the presidential election.
Ms Susan Rice, the 55-year-old former national security adviser, is is on the short list of candidates to become the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
Ms. Rice’s name is being floated as Mr Biden is under increasing pressure to select not just a woman which he has committed to do but a black woman as a running mate.
Senator Kamala Harris is frequently mentioned as a possibility, as are congresswomen Karen Bass and Val Demings, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Georgia governor candidate Stacey Abrams.
