Joe Biden says he has picked a running mate, staff quickly walks it back as ‘clearly a joke’

On Saturday Morning, Fox News asked Joe Biden if he has picked a running mate yet as they caught him riding by on a bicycle in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. 

The former vice president was wearing a mask while riding his bicycle and was joined by a few other people also riding bicycles. 

When asked who he’d chosen as his running mate, he quipped, “you” at the reporter, apparently in the attempt to make a joke.

Quickly after the former vice president made the comment, his national press secretary TJ Ducklo claimed the comment was “clearly a joke,” and he has not made a decision of who his running mate will be.

Biden’s vice-presidential picks include Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), former National Security Adviser under President Obama Susan Rice, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, among a few others. According to PredictIt.org, Harris is in the lead, followed by Rice and Whitmer.

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