Harris Will Pick Josh Shapiro For VP

Journalist Mark Halperin is reporting that Kamala Harris will pick Josh Shapiro for VP.

Ms. Harris and Mr. Shapiro, 51, have also known each other for years.

In 2006, Ms. Harris, then the San Francisco district attorney, and Mr. Shapiro, a state representative from the Philadelphia suburbs, were tapped for a prestigious program for rising stars in American politics.

Ten years later, Ms. Harris was in her last year as attorney general and running for Senate, while Mr. Shapiro was seeking the attorney general’s office in Pennsylvania.He built a broad coalition in that race, securing support from President Barack Obama and key law enforcement leaders.

He had also stayed in touch with Ms. Harris, asking her for advice over the years, and he spoke with her during that run for attorney general, said Manuel Bonder, a spokesman for Mr. Shapiro.Mr. Shapiro won that fall even as Hillary Clinton lost the state, outperforming her in rural counties and running up his margins in the suburbs, in a preview of how he would win the governor’s race six years later — and, his supporters argue, how he could help Ms. Harris carry the battleground state this year.