Election: As Biden holds polling lead over Trump, here’s who could be his vice-presidential pick

Sen. Kamala Harris of California — who battled Biden for the nomination — tops the lists of prospective picks compiled by close observers such as the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. But Harris has company. Amid protests around the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Biden’s search has zeroed in on a group that includes at least three other black women, according to the Washington Post: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Rep. Val Demings of Florida and former national-security adviser Susan Rice.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham have also progressed to the point of more comprehensive vetting or have the potential to do so, the Post reported.

Biden has said that he hopes to name his running mate around Aug. 1, and that his pick will be a woman.

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Here is a list of possible picks for Biden, derived from recent analyses by the University of Virginia and the Washington Post, as well as the PredictIt betting market. While not intended to be fully comprehensive, the table below reflects many of the frequently discussed candidates. As of Monday, Harris had the highest betting-market standing, followed by Rice and Demings.