According to CBS News, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has been asked by Joe Biden to undergo vetting for running mate consideration. New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was also asked but declined to move forward with the vet.
Biden’s choice of running mate is considered ultra important because of his age — 77 — and because he has hinted that if he wins he plans to be a transitional president of only one term. That would set up the vice president in a prime position to be the next president of the United States.
Requests for information from potential running mates for Joe Biden is now “underway,” according to a senior source familiar with the process. Other names in the mix have long been Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sen. Kamala Harris, among others. He committed early on to choosing a woman as his running mate, and many have urged him to pick an African American.
BREAKING: Democratic Presidential Nominee @JoeBiden has asked that Minnesota Senator @AmyKlobuchar begin the vetting process for Vice President. https://t.co/V8WFZxhBx2
— News Talk 830 WCCO (@wccoradio) May 21, 2020
Amy Jean Klobuchar ( KLOH-bə-shar; born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minnesota’s affiliate of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the Hennepin County attorney. She announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election in February 2019; however, she suspended her campaign on March 2, 2020, and endorsed Joe Biden.Born in Plymouth, Minnesota, Klobuchar is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School. She was a partner at two Minneapolis law firms before being elected county attorney for Hennepin County in 1998, making her responsible for all criminal prosecution in Minnesota’s most populous county. Klobuchar was first elected to the Senate in 2006, becoming Minnesota’s first elected female United States senator, and was reelected in 2012 and 2018. In 2009 and 2010, she was described as a – READ MORE »