--- description: Asked about reporting that Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota had agreed to be vetted, Biden said “no one’s been vetted yet by the team.” title: Joe Biden Dodges Question About Whether Klobuchar Will Be His Running-Mate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b187a053f81d63d/698a0e6709208f79e5416c2f/biden-klobuchar.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2020 Election](/tag/2020-election/) ## 2020 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joe Biden Dodges Question About Whether Klobuchar Will Be His Running-Mate by [Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2020 6:26 AM CUT  Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is joined on stage by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a campaign event on March 2, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Klobuchar has suspended her campaign and endorsed Biden before the upcoming Super Tuesday Democratic presidential primaries. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is joined on stage by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a campaign event on March 2, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Klobuchar has suspended her campaign and endorsed Biden before the upcoming Super Tuesday Democratic presidential primaries.Ron Jenkins–Getty Images by [Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2020 6:26 AM CUT Joe Biden said Thursday he knows what qualities he’s looking for in his vice-presidential pick but stressed that he was far from a decision. “I honest to God don’t know who — I promise you — right now,” he said on CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Asked about reporting that Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota had agreed to be vetted, Biden said “no one’s been vetted yet by the team.” Biden said the lawyers working on the search are wrapping up a process of reaching out to a “preliminary list of people” to “ask them general questions” including “what are they interested in, why would they be interested in the job or not interested in the job.” Pressed by Colbert on whether Klobuchar is on his short list, Biden responded that she’s “first rate” but said he wasn’t “getting into” where she stands in the process. He described vetting, which he underwent in 2008 to become Barack Obama’s running mate, as “a very invasive process” of looking at past votes, financial statements and health records. He suggested that one reason why he wouldn’t volunteer a list of names under consideration is “because if someone’s not chosen the presumption is not necessarily true that there must be something wrong.” Biden said that as he considers his choice, he is keeping in mind the advice he received from an Obama aide. “The best way to put it is what one of Barack’s close advisers, who’s also a friend, said, ‘think to yourself: You’ve got an important decision, who’s the last person you want in the Oval Office to talk to you?’” Biden has said he will choose a woman to be his vice president. Others believed to be in contention are California Senator Kamala Harris, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. And earlier Thursday, Florida Representative Val Demings said she was on Biden’s “short list.” New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said she has been asked for references, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer told NBC’s “Today Show” on Tuesday that she’d had opening conversations with the campaign about joining the ticket. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5841324/biden-vice-president-questions-amy-klobuchar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5841324/biden-vice-president-questions-amy-klobuchar/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Dodges Question About Whether Klobuchar Will Be His Running-Mate","datePublished":"2020-05-22T06:26:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T08:47:22.529Z","description":"Biden has said he will choose a woman to be his vice president","url":"https://time.com/5841324/biden-vice-president-questions-amy-klobuchar/","keywords":["2020 Election","wire","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b187a053f81d63d/698a0e6709208f79e5416c2f/biden-klobuchar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b187a053f81d63d/698a0e6709208f79e5416c2f/biden-klobuchar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Campaigns In Texas Ahead Of Super Tuesday","caption":"Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Campaigns In Texas Ahead Of Super Tuesday","creditText":"Ron Jenkins–Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2020-election/","name":"2020 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5841324/biden-vice-president-questions-amy-klobuchar/","name":"Joe Biden Dodges Question About Whether Klobuchar Will Be His Running-Mate"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Sen. 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