Joe Biden Says He Hopes To Name Running Mate By Aug. 1

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Joe Biden informed fans at a virtual charity event on Wednesday night that he wishes to name his running mate by August 1.

The presumptive Democratic prospect for president stated his campaign had actually spoken with the prospects on his shortlist– all of them women– and remained in the procedure of “deciding the basic cut,” CNN reported.

“I think that I need somebody who in fact is simpatico with me, both in terms of personality as well as substance. That means that they don’t have to agree with me on everything, but they have to have the same basic approach to how we handle the economy and how we handle everything,” Biden stated throughout the charity event, according to The Washington Post.

He added that he desires “to have people around me that have strengths and capacities I don’t.”

Biden is supposedly thinking about a number of various women for the role, consisting of former governmental hopefuls Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California, and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.

Former Georgia state agent Stacey Abrams, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham are thought to likewise be on the shortlist.

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