While political spectators continue to wait for Mr Biden to announce who he has selected as his running mate, the battle to frame how voters will view the election has already begun in earnest.
On Tuesday, the Biden campaign sent a warning shot ahead of a selection that many Democrats fear will lead to sexist attacks aimed at whichever woman Biden ultimately chooses.
In search of conversion criticism, the Trump campaign has already made, once there an announcement, Mr. Biden’s campaign has been seized a pronunciation of a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign in which she said the former vice president had ‘sold his soul to the radical left’ and claimed that his running mate, whoever ends it, would do the same.
Members of the team of Mr. Trump have made other similar remarks the last few days, try the running mate of Mr. Bid to cast as “radical” without knowing who it will be.
“The Trump campaign has already discredited its attacks before we even step out of the gate by announcing that, regardless of who nominates Joe Biden, they will be pushing to portray the VP candidate as ‘radical’ – just as they have been. tried and failed to do months with Biden himself, ”said Andrew Bates, a spokesman for Mr Biden’s campaign.
Mr Biden said he would make his choice today and is expected to reveal his running mate soon, is likely Wednesday or Thursday, according to senior Democrats.