The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has selected Kamala Harris as his running mate.
“I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Kamala is that person,” Biden announced in a statement Tuesday.
“I need someone who understands that we are in a battle for the soul of this nation. And that if we’re going to get through these crises — we need to come together and unite for a better America. Kamala gets that.”
Biden’s campaign also said on Tuesday August 11 that the former California attorney general Harris will be his vice-presidential pick, making her the first Black and South Asian American woman to run on a major political party’s presidential ticket.
Harris, 55, who is more than 20 years younger than Biden, is a former prosecutor and has been a senator from California since 2017.
Sen. Kamala Harris has tweeted her first reaction since it was announced that she will be Joe Biden’s running mate.
The California Democrat said she’ll “do what it takes” to make Biden “our Commander-in-Chief.”