U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California, as his running mate, fulfilling a promise to name a woman for that slot. Harris is the first woman of color on a major-party presidential ticket.)While being interviewed, Biden deflects attention away from himself and onto others: frontline workers risking their health in the middle of a pandemic; marginalized LGBTQ+ youth still struggling to be accepted at home; protesters demanding that Black lives must indeed matter to everyone; his late son, Beau Biden, who seemed to have been blazing his own political trail until his death from brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.RELATED: Here's Why The Advocate Is Endorsing Joe Biden for PresidentBut in 2020, Biden is the candidate at the top of the Democratic ticket.