Biden Vows to Pick Woman for VP, Black Woman for Supreme Court

Democratic presidential hopeful former vice president Joe Biden makes a point as he and Senator Bernie Sanders take part in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, DC on March 15, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Joe Biden on March 15 said he will select a woman as his vice presidential running mate if he’s the Democratic presidential nominee and would appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court if he becomes president.

The former vice president made the commitments in response to a question on women’s rights during the one-on-one Democratic primary debate against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)