The two are scheduled to deliver remarks just days before Biden formally accepts the Democratic presidential nomination during the party’s national convention, which will take place largely as a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic
Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California, was announced as Biden’s choice on Tuesday after a selection process that drew extra scrutiny thanks to Biden’s age.
Ahead of the event on Wednesday, the Biden campaign posted a video online that showed a virtual call between Biden and Harris in which Biden asks her, “Are you ready to go to work?”Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden tapped Senator Kamala Harris of California as his choice for vice-president. This report produced by Jillian Kitchener.
In choosing Harris, Biden selected a former rival for the nomination whose most memorable campaign moment came during a televised debate when she criticized his past position on using busing to integrate schools.
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