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On the slender shoulders of 77-year-old Joe Biden has fallen a heavy burden: responsibility for defeating Donald Trump and resetting America’s course. Whether the issue is racial injustice, the climate crisis, inequality, Middle East peace or democracy’s future, Biden alone stands between the US and four more years of divisive turmoil at home and dangerous […] More
The presumptive Democratic nominee has said his No2 will be a woman and Warren, Abrams, Harris, Whitmer and Klobuchar lead the contenders Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris feature high on the list of Joe Biden’s potential running mates, along with Stacey Abrams, Amy Klobuchar and Gretchen Whitmer. Composite: The Guardian/THE GUARDIAN Traditionally, American presidential candidates […] More
Play Video 5:15 It’s one of the most important decisions a presidential candidate can make: so who will Joe Biden choose as his running mate? Political correspondent Lauren Gambino breaks down the most likely candidates for November’s election More
‘Opening a door that was closed too long’: the hunt for a female vice-president As Biden says he will pick a female running mate, experts say having a woman on the Democratic ticket will move the US closer to the first female president Stacey Abrams in Atlanta, Georgia, on 20 May 2018. As far back […] More
Stacey Abrams and Kamala Harris lead list of veep contenders but Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren not ruled out Joe Biden has long been expected to pick a woman or a minority figure – or someone who is both – as his pick for vice-president, should he win the Democratic nomination to face Donald Trump […] More
Kamala Harris and Cory Booker joined former vice-president in Detroit as Biden appeared to acknowledge his place as an ageing party grandee Democratic comeback candidate Joe Biden boasted on the eve of the crucial “mini Super Tuesday” primaries in Michigan and elsewhere of how he will vanquish his leftwing rival Bernie Sanders – but also […] More
Endorsement follows former presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg Joe Biden’s campaign for the White House received another significant lift on Sunday when Democratic senator Kamala Harris, until recently one of the former vice-president’s main rivals for the party’s presidential nomination, announced her endorsement. In a short video statement released on Twitter, […] More
Ask any black person across the south and they’ll say the same thing: Buttigieg has less experience in office than our local church deacons One of my favorite church deacons at a ministry I attended in Boynton Beach, Florida, decided one Sunday that he would run for mayor. “Deac”, as we all affectionately referred to […] More
