Here’s Who Joe Biden Is Considering For Vice President

Biden pledged at a debate in March to pick a woman as his running, eliminating popular choices like Bernie Sanders and Andrew Cuomo from contention.

Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Thai-American Iraq War veteran who had both her legs amputated after her helicopter was shot down, will interview with Biden, her fellow Illinois Senator Dick Durbin confirmed last week.

Biden has also reportedly asked for vetting papers from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a former House member who was elected Governor in 2018 and would be the first Hispanic American to serve as president or vice president.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who was first elected in 2018 and has been a lightning rod for Trump’s animus during the coronavirus pandemic, said Tuesday that she is in talks with the Biden campaign to begin the vetting process.

Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), a former Orlando police chief who worked as one of six Democratic impeachment managers during Trump’s impeachment trial, confirmed on Thursday that she’s on the shortlist.

New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) who also served as governor, is being vetted, according to New Hampshire radio station WMUR, while her fellow senator and former governor Jeanne Shaheen declined the invitation.

The latest name to emerge is Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a former 2020 presidential candidate known as a pragmatic centrist who typically wins landslide reelections, who CBS reported Thursday will be vetted by the campaign.