In "private" conversations, Joe Biden has compared selecting a vice presidential candidate to browsing through models for a pinup calendar, according to the New York Times.
It is not lost on Mr. Biden that whomever he chooses might well be elected the nation’s first female president after his turn, or at least become a new front-runner for the distinction. He has called himself a “bridge” to the next generation of Democratic leaders, a transitional figure whose chief goal is the removal of President Trump. That Mr. Biden is a 77-year-old man likely to accept the nomination during a pandemic has attached even weightier stakes to his decision.
In private encounters before this campaign, Mr. Biden has likened running-mate evaluation to deciding among calendar models, with three broad categories (and outdated honorifics): Contenders can be a “Mr. August” (a shot of momentum in the summer), a “Mr. October” (a reliable and effective campaigner for the fall) or a “Mr. January” (a governing partner, politics notwithstanding).
Biden used the "Mr." prefix before announcing that he would be choosing a woman to be his running mate.
This comment also goes public in the midst of sexual assault allegations against Biden by former staffer Tara Reade.
