Former Vice President Joe Biden and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams met in Washington, D.C. Thursday.
The two are both potential 2020 presidential contenders, with Biden expected to announce a run soon and Abrams still undecided.
The meeting, reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, came after mixed signals from Abrams. She said Monday she wasn’t going to run but a day later reversed course, saying a 2020 bid was “definitely on the table.”
Abrams, 45, who was the Democratic minority leader in the Georgia House, lost a 2018 run for governor against Republican Brian Kemp. She is a rising figure in Democratic politics and gave her party’s response to President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union.
If Biden, 76, a white male who has spent nearly 50 years in Washington, were to win the Democratic nomination then Abrams would be a natural vice-presidential pick to “balance” the party ticket.
Abrams has been encouraged to run against Trump ally Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., in 2020 and has left the door open to a rematch against Kemp in 2022. But since her loss she has been courted by several presidential hopefuls, meeting with Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
Abrams also met with presidential hopeful Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Thursday morning over breakfast at Bistro Bis in Washington. Gillibrand wrote: “We’re going to fight for voting rights, expand opportunity and change who’s at the decision-making table. But first, breakfast.”
Biden, despite not yet announcing a presidential run, is leading polls in some key states, like Iowa. He leads an average of polls by RealClearPolitics with 29 percent, trailed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at 22 percent.
