The US Vice President and Presidential Candidate of Democratic Party, Kamala Harris, is set to name her running-mate on Tuesday.
This is before the two step out on a five-day swing through America’s hottest battleground states, three months before the presidential election.
Kamala Harris’s campaign has ramped up since she replaced Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, breaking fundraising records and erasing the leads held by Republican rival Donald Trump.
According to US Senator and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a rising Democratic star, was considered the favorite to join Harris as her vice-presidential pick, ahead of several other state governors.
It was reported on Monday that Harris had narrowed her choice to Shapiro and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and would likely announce her decision in a video statement.
Less than a day before their swing state tour, Harris maintained suspense about her running mate, telling supporters in a text message Monday evening, “I have not made my decision yet.”
The 59-year-old and her newly chosen deputy are scheduled to hold a rally Tuesday at Temple University in Philadelphia before traveling to Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday, Arizona on Friday, and Nevada on Saturday.
She also planned events in battlegrounds North Carolina on Thursday and Georgia on Friday, but local media reported that a tropical storm battering southeastern states had forced their postponement.
There was no response from the Harris campaign regarding a request for details.
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