Originally published at: BIDEN HIS TIME: Joe Announces Plan to Pick Committee, Starting May 1, to Find Vice President by July | Sean Hannity
Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden told late night host James Corden he plans to unveil a committee in the coming days to help him select a presidential running mate by the middle of the summer.
“We’re going to probably be announcing the setting up of that committee, which we’re doing now, between the people who have agreed to serve on it, and we will be announcing the formation of that I assume by May 1 we’ll have that done,” he said.
Biden to announce members of selection committee who will help choose his running mate by May 1 https://t.co/CTc8jhVZ2M pic.twitter.com/hn6Lere6Nk
— The Hill (@thehill) April 22, 2020
“Much focus has been paid as to whether Biden, a centrist, would tap a progressive to try to unite the two factions of the Democratic Party or whether he would prioritize a running mate who hails from the Midwest, a region where Democrats are looking to regain ground after President Trump’s surprise victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in 2016,” writes The Hill.
“The first, the most important quality is someone who, if I walked away immediately from the office for whatever reason, that they can be president,” Biden said.
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