BIDEN FOCUSES ON NARROWING VP LIST, PLANS TO INTERVIEW FINALISTS THIS WEEK
Editor-In-Chief Of The New York Analysis of Policy & Government// Served In Both Republican & Democrat Administrations On State &Local Levels FRANK V. VERNUCCIO, JR.

The presumptive Democratic nominee is unlikely to have a running mate announcement before next week. Joe Biden spent the past weekend out of the public eye, changing scenery with a trip to his Rehoboth Beach getaway as he prepares to narrow his vice presidential short list ahead of one-on-one meetings with the finalists expected this week. For months, a tightknit circle of Biden’s most trusted advisers and lawyers have been hard at work assembling dossiers on the field of candidates to be the nation’s first female vice president. Now, with just two weeks to go until he formally accepts his party’s nomination, one of the most consequential political decisions he’ll ever make comes down to the final vetting team: Biden’s head, heart and gut.