My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President.

She emphasized her former role as a prosecutor, a contrast to Trump, now a convicted felon.

There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools.

Joe Biden

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And she was bused to school every day.

And that little girl was me, she said, as Biden looked on.

He then sternly defended his civil rights record.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

It has to be an open convention to be fair.