Amy Klobuchar is poised to start the vetting process to be Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.
Two sources told CBS News that the Minnesota senator was asked to begin the vetting process.
Another Democratic senator, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, declined to be vetted to be Biden’s running mate.
Klobuchar, 59, ran against Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination but ended her campaign and endorsed him just before Super Tuesday. She won more votes than he did in the New Hampshire primary, coming in third place, while Biden came in fifth.
Biden’s vice presidential selection committee has started asking potential picks to provide references, the first meaningful movement in the selection process. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Florida Rep. Val Demings have also said that they have been asked to start the vetting process.
Picking Klobuchar as a running mate would send a signal that Biden values a candidate who shares his centrist Democratic sensibilities and appeals to swing state Midwestern voters more than a running mate who could bring racial diversity or represent the far-left wing of the party.
