Joe Biden and his newly-announced running mate Kamala Harris will deliver remarks together in Delaware to kick off their joint campaign for the White House AFP/Robyn BeckWILMINGTON, United States: White House hopeful Joe Biden on Wednesday holds his highly-anticipated joint campaign debut with, who hopes to make history as the nation's first female and first black vice president.
It also offers a chance to capture momentum in a campaign turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic, which has largely confined the 77-year-old Biden to his home in Wilmington, Delaware.Harris, a former California attorney general, is the first woman of color and first Indian American to be a presidential running mate, and personifies the diversity seen as key to building enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket.
She has valuable Capitol Hill experience and has shown her tenacity in holding Trump administration officials to account. And as California attorney general for six years Harris has run the largest statewide legal agency in America. But he and his campaign have appeared to struggle to formulate effective attack lines against a Democrat they long knew was a top VP contender.
Kamala Harris, who is two decades younger than Joe Biden and Donald Trump, could appeal to younger voters and women, particularly those in the suburbs who have been fleeing the Republican president AFP/SAUL LOEB "In the middle of a pandemic, the president is trying to rip away health care. While small businesses close, he's giving breaks to his wealthy donors," Harris said in a video Wednesday.
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