Election: As Biden widens 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, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rep. Val Demings of Florida have burst into top-tier contention, Politico reported this week. All three are black.

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

Names frequently mentioned as possible Biden running mates also include Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, in addition to former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and former national-security adviser Susan Rice.

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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 Wednesday, Harris had the highest betting-market odds, followed by Demings and Bottoms.