Who are the women probably on Joe Biden's shortlist for vice president? [View all]

In Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate, former vice president Joe Biden said he’d pick a woman as his running mate if he is the Democrats’ nominee. (Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he’s considering it but wouldn’t commit the way Biden did.)

We’ve known for some time that Biden was leaning toward a woman. He has said he’d prefer a running mate “of color and/or a different gender.” His other criteria: Someone he can trust. So, if he does win the nomination, who would be on his shortlist and why? Here are some educated guesses.

The shortlist

Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.): Yes, the former presidential candidate memorably landed a punch on Biden in one of the first Democratic presidential debates, about busing during school desegregation. But Harris is also a well-known senator and before that was attorney general of her state, and she has endorsed Biden. “She’s qualified to be president; I’d consider her for anything she’d be interested in,” Biden said in January. The potential downside to picking Harris: California isn’t really a state Biden needs to campaign much in to win a general election against President Trump.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.): She’s another former 2020 candidate, who, unlike Harris, stayed in the race long enough to get votes. She came in third in the New Hampshire primaries in February. And she comes from a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 by only a point and a half. Also, Klobuchar dropped out of the race earlier this month and immediately endorsed Biden, contributing to the momentum that propelled him into the lead over Sanders.

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