The two history-making figures who are linked together by Joe Biden are set to headline Wednesday’s Democratic National Convention lineup.
The speeches from Obama and Harris will be the most closely watched elements of a night that will also feature 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who was one of Biden’s toughest 2020 Democratic primary rivals but in recent months has worked closely with his campaign on economic policy matters. Here are four things to watch on the third night of the Democratic National Convention: Prosecuting Harris’ case against Trump Harris, a former California attorney general known for her tough questioning of Trump nominees during Senate confirmation hearings, will, as Biden’s running mate, prosecute her case against President Donald Trump. Harris «hopes for people to see themselves in her speech,» a Biden-Harris campaign aide said, as she will talk about not just her own personal story but also the experiences of others. Harris, a daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, has often spoken about both their experience in America and her own as a biracial woman. She’s often drawn upon the lessons she learned from her mother as well as her time at the historically black college Howard University to explain her worldview. The aide said Harris «will set out a vision for a more inclusive nation in which everyone is welcome and given equal opportunity and protection under the law.» She will also speak to the need to elect Biden, the aide said, showcasing her running mate as «uniquely the leader for this moment» while «drawing a clear contrast with the failed leadership of Donald Trump.» Rather than from her home state of California or Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Democrats had planned to hold their convention, Harris’ speech will be delivered from the same Wilmington, Delaware, venue where Biden will accept the Democratic nomination on Thursday night. Harris, as other speakers have, is likely to tout Biden’s character in a contrast with Trump. And she has a story to tell: She was close with Biden’s son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015. The pair met when she was California attorney general and he was Delaware attorney general. But she is also likely poised to play the traditional vice presidential role of attack dog — a role she previewed last week in her first appearance with Biden in Delaware.
