Joe Biden says 4 Black women are in the running to be his vice president

• Joe Biden has said four Black women are among those being vetted to be his vice president.
• Speaking on MSNBC's "The Reid Out" show on Monday, he did not commit to picking a Black woman for the job but said his administration as a whole would "look like America."
• He did not share the names of people he was vetting. People rumored to be on the list include Sen. Kamala Harris, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, and the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

Joe Biden has said four Black women are among those he's considering for his vice-presidential pick.

The presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee made the comments to the journalist Joy Reid on the first airing of her MSNBC show, "The Reid Out," on Monday, and while he stopped short of committing to appoint a Black woman as his running mate, he pledged that his administration would "look like America."

Biden did not share the names of the Black women — or anyone else — being vetted.

People rumored to be considered for Biden's vice-presidential pick include Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, Rep. Val Demings of Florida, Rep. Karen Bass of California, the former national security adviser Susan Rice, and the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

"It is important that my administration, I promise you, will look like America," Biden told Reid on Monday.

"From vice president to Supreme Court to Cabinet positions to every major position in the White House it's going to look like America," he continued. "It's critically important that be the case. I can guarantee you that."

He said his popularity within the Black community predated the South Carolina primary, which he won in February with a strong appeal to Black voters.

Responding to Reid's remarks that Black women were the "heartbeat" of the Democratic Party, Biden boasted of his support from them and added: "And so they're the ones, as that old saying goes, that brought me to the dance."

In March, Biden said his running mate would "in all likelihood" be a woman.

He also laid out the vetting process, which he said was being undertaken by "women and men of color as well as white folks."

As a former vice president, Biden is familiar with the process, which he described as "like a public physical examination."

Four candidates have been vetted so far, and after the list is narrowed he will meet with candidates personally and make a decision, Biden said.