2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

Joe Biden picked U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate on August 11, 2020

This article listed possible candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2020 election.^[1]

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee for President of the United States, will choose his running mate at some point before the 2020 Democratic National Convention.^[2]

Biden promised to select a woman, which make it the third time in United States history that the vice presidential nominee of a major party has been a woman, after Geraldine Ferraro (1984) and Sarah Palin (2008).^[3]

On August 11, 2020 Biden picked U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.^[4]

1. ↑ "Biden's running mate announcement pushed back, likely will not come next week". USA Today. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
2. ↑ Glueck, Katie (March 16, 2020). "Joe Biden Says He Would Choose a Woman as His Running Mate. But Who?". The New York Times.
3. ↑ Kearns, Madeleine (May 6, 2020). "Joe Biden's 'Woman'". National Review.
4. ↑ "Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, adding former 2020 rival to ticket". CBS News. Retrieved August 11, 2020.