Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, ending months of speculation and potentially placing a foreign-policy novice second in line to the American presidency.
The announcement ended months of relentless speculation over the prospects of more than a dozen prominent women, from progressive powerhouses such as Stacey Abrams and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to national security heavyweights, including former National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a combat veteran of the Iraq War.
