Biden Weighs in on Choosing Harris as His Running Mate: ‘She Is Straight as an Arrow’

President-elect Joe Biden is sharing his thoughts about his running mate Kamala Harris.

The duo was jointly chosen to be this year’s “Person of the Year” by Time magazine. Time wrote on Twitter, “Person of the Year is not just about the year that was, but about where we’re headed.”

In an interview with Time, Biden weighed in on choosing Harris as his running mate, “She is straight as an arrow. She is really, really bright. She is tough. But yet she has a heart that understands what it’s like to be on the other side of prejudice.”

“She also was an immigrant’s daughter who was raised, in a strange way, like I was,” he continued. “We were taught that we could be anything. Don’t give up, just move, keep pushing.”

“I just found her to be someone who if, in fact, something happened to me, I knew they could take over. That’s Kamala.”

Harris also spoke with the magazine, where she said of Biden, “I can tell you many things about him with admiration and respect, including that Joe asked me to be his running mate because he under­stands that we have different life experiences. But he also knows — and I know, and it’s a point of pride for me — that we have an incredible amount of shared experiences and values.”