Susan Rice Emerges as Top VP Contender

Susan Rice, the former national security adviser for President Barack Obama, may have never held elective office, but she's a serious contender for consideration as Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, Politico reports.

Biden has vowed to pick a woman as his running mate, and amid recent racial tensions in the country, speculation has risen that a minority candidate would get even better traction.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has been seen as a frontrunner in that regard and already has been under the press' microscope during her own presidential primary...