How Kamala Harris became Joe Biden's running mate

Here's what went into the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's selection process.

• Aug 13, 2020

Biden announces largest ad buy ever by a presidential candidate

Signaling the states they see as most competitive, the Biden campaign said their ads will 15 states.

• Aug 5, 2020

Biden increases Texas staff and resources in bid to win Lone Star State

The last Democrat to win the historically conservative Lone Star State was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

• Aug 3, 2020

Biden to narrow VP list. But don't expect a pick next week

He's likely to interview several female governors, lawmakers and former federal officials next week.

• Jul 31, 2020

Biden says he'll have a running mate pick next week

He said he'll have a running mate "the first week of August," and he fielded questions from reporters for an hour Tuesday.

• Jul 28, 2020

Biden proposes investment in caregiving community amid pandemic

The price tag for this care plan is $775 billion over 10 years.

• Jul 21, 2020

Biden unveils $2 trillion climate plan

Biden says the plan will create "millions" of jobs and move the U.S. closer to a carbon-free future.

• Jul 14, 2020

Who might be Joe Biden's running mate?

He is said to be seriously considering five to eight women for the job of vice president.

• Jul 11, 2020

Gay marriage plaintiffs endorse Biden, call him "greatest ally"

"We won that fight for the freedom to marry because of an ally in the White House, Joe Biden," Jim Obergefell and Judith Kasen-Windsor said in a joint statement.

• Jun 26, 2020

Congresswoman Karen Bass being vetted to be Biden running mate

The Congressional Black Caucus chair has been one of the leading House lawmakers in crafting policing reform legislation in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

• Jun 24, 2020

The black congresswoman who's helping Biden pick his running mate

"If we want to transform this country, this is the time to recognize ... the leadership of black women," Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester said recently. "We won't be taken for granted."

• Jun 17, 2020

Biden campaign launches effort targeting LGBTQ voters in key states

Biden's campaign is launching a new LGBTQ voter outreach initiative dubbed "Out for Biden."

• Jun 8, 2020

Biden vows to set up police oversight board if elected

Biden met with political and faith leaders for more than an hour at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware.

• Jun 1, 2020

Biden refers to George Floyd's death as an "open wound"

On Friday, Biden said, "This is "no time for incendiary tweets."

• May 29, 2020

Motivated by son Beau, Biden pledges help for burn pit victims

Biden has detailed how his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015, was exposed to burn pits in Iraq.

• May 24, 2020

Biden says black voters considering Trump over him "ain't black"

Later Friday in a phone call with members of the U.S. Black Chambers, a business organization, Biden sought to clarify and explain — but did not explicitly apologize — for the comments.

• May 22, 2020

Biden asks Amy Klobuchar to undergo vetting as possible running mate

The Minnesota senator is one of several contenders being scrutinized by Biden aides ahead of a final decision.

• May 22, 2020

Biden's campaign counts on Trump's unpopularity amid COVID-19 crisis

His campaign held its first high-level strategy discussion with the press on Friday, the first one since mid-March.

• May 15, 2020

Biden raises $2.7 million in first virtual fundraiser with DNC

It was the most-successful night of fundraising for Biden's campaign so far.

• May 9, 2020

Reade responds to skeptics and calls on Biden to drop out

Reade discussed her sexual assault allegation against Biden in an interview with Megyn Kelly Thursday.

• May 9, 2020

Pandemic isn't slowing Joe Biden's big-money fundraisers

Hundreds of tiny Zoom video conferencing boxes show some attendees wearing suits, while others opt for sweatshirts. One donor was spotted on a treadmill.

• May 5, 2020

Biden responds to sexual assault allegations

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for the first time addresses the allegation by Tara Reade that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.

• May 1, 2020

Pelosi is "satisfied" with Biden's response to sexual assault allegations

Joe Biden hasn't addressed the accusation of sexual assault by a former Senate staffer.

• Apr 30, 2020

Biden announces running mate vetting committee

Here's who's helping the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee vet the candidates.

• Apr 30, 2020

Hillary Clinton endorses Joe Biden for president

The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee endorsed Biden during a virtual "Women's Town Hall" focusing on how women were responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Apr 28, 2020

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