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Will the next Vice President of the USA be a woman of colour?

In just under five months’ time US voters will go to the polls. President Donald Trump and his Vice President Mike Pence are set to face Joe Biden and whoever he picks as his running mate. Biden has already said he will pick a woman – and in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, following the death of George Floyd, there is much speculation about possible Black women he might pick. So how might this impact on the presidential election? And what will shape the key messages of Democrats and Republicans key messages to women voters as the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic continues?
Jenni Murray is joined on Woman's Hour by Inge Kjemtrup, who is Chair of Democrats Abroad UK, and Sarah Elliot, who is Chair of Republicans Overseas UK.

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