Kelly could be Democrats' secret weapon to blunt criticism of 'border czar' Harris

As Vice President Kamala Harris and her team race to vet potential running mates following President Joe Biden’s departure from the 2024 race, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is emerging as an asset who could help counter one of Harris’s biggest weaknesses: the administration’s handling of the border crisis.

Sources have confirmed Kelly is being vetted by Harris’s team. A former Navy pilot and NASA astronaut from a working-class family in New Jersey, the Arizona senator already has a strong resume made even more impactful by his powerful advocacy against gun violence after his wife, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, survived an assassination attempt during a mass shooting in 2011.