US Presidential Democrat candidate Joe Biden will make a choice for his Vice President pick ahead of the Democratic National Convention which is scheduled on August 17. Biden, the former vice president to Barack Obama, has promised that he would choose a woman to join his ticket challenging Republican President Donald Trump in the November 3 election. The choice of a running mate has added significance this year because of Biden’s age as he turns 78 on November 20 and would be the oldest man ever to assume the office if he defeats Trump, as polls predict.

A lot of buzz has been around the probable pick for the US Vice President with about a dozen names being discussed. Here are the names of some of current top contenders who the Democrat candidate might chose:

1. Kamala Harris: Harris, serving as a junior senator since 2017, is daughter of a Jamaican-born father and Indian-born mother. She has served as a district attorney in San Francisco before becoming attorney general of California. She was elected to the Senate in 2016, and was the first woman of South Asian heritage to get there.

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2. Elizabeth Warren: Elizabeth Ann Warren, a former law professional, is serving as the US Senator from Massachusetts from 2013 and is known for progressive politics. She dropped out of the presidential race in early May and has emerged out as a policy advisor to Biden’s campaign. Warren has also worked under the Obama administration before winning her Senate seat in 2012.

3. Tammy Duckworth: Duckworth is a US Senate from Illinois and first woman with a disability to get elected to Congress. Duckworth has been in the US military and retired at Lieutenant Colonel rank before becoming an assistant secretary in Obama’s Department of Veteran Affairs.

4. Karen Bass: A late addition to Biden’s list, Karen Bass joined Congress in 2011 and currently chairs Congressional Black Caucus. Bass has helped mend partisan tensions amid crippling budget cuts during the 2008 Great Recession during her service as House speaker in California’s legislature.

5. Susan Rice: Susan Rice, academic and Democratic policy advisor, has served in the Obama administration as ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor. Rice has never run for or held public office though she is close to Obama and is well-known to Biden.

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Other than the these, some other names were also being floated around earlier are:

1. Val Demings

2. Tammy Baldwin

3. Gretchen Whitmer

4. Keisha Lance Bottoms

5. Michelle Lujan Grisham