Who Will Be Joe Biden’s Running Mate?

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🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Joseph R. Biden Jr. is looking for a potential vice president in one of the most tumultuous moments in modern American history. His selection committee is attempting to winnow an exceptionally diverse field. So who’s on the list? Guest: Alexander Burns, who covers national politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: This is where the top candidates stand in Mr. Biden’s search for a running mate.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:32.6	This is the Daily.
0:40.6	Today Joe Biden is choosing a running mate in one of the most tumultuous moments in modern
0:48.8	American history.
0:51.1	Alex Burns on how that reality is influencing his choice.
0:58.1	Plus, the latest from Atlanta.
1:03.1	It's Thursday, June 18th.
1:17.1	Alex Burns, it has been a while.
1:19.8	It's been a while and it's been an eventful while.
1:22.8	Very eventful while.
1:24.8	Within those events, it turns out there's still a presidential race underway.
1:29.4	Just to catch us up on that race, is Joe Biden now officially the Democratic nominee at
1:36.2	this point?
1:37.9	He has clinched the Democratic nomination, which means that he has a majority of the delegates
1:43.0	that were at stake in the primaries, which means that even if one of his opponents were
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