RFK Jr. to pick running mate for 2024 election on March 26

[March 14, 2024]  By Stephanie Kelly
 
(Reuters) - Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce in late March a vice presidential running mate to join his independent bid for the White House, his campaign said on Wednesday. 

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds a roundtable discussion on local impacts of the influx of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, with Cochise County law enforcement, elected officials and community members, at Cochise College in Sierra Vista, Arizona, U.S. February 6, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

Kennedy Jr., part of the famed American political family, has shown some appeal among both Republicans and Democrats unenthused about another matchup between incumbent President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and former President Donald Trump, a Republican.

Kennedy Jr. will announce his pick in Oakland, California, on March 26, the campaign said.

Kennedy trails in a three-way race with Biden and Trump, according to a December Reuters/Ipsos poll. The same poll showed Kennedy drawing more support from potential Biden voters than from Trump's.

(Reporting by Stephanie Kelly in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

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