Vice President Kamala Harris has on Tuesday, named Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, as her running mate for the coming November presidential election.
The Democratic Party presidential candidate had earlier interviewed Walz, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to help her decide on who would be the vice presidential candidate.
The 60-year old Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, is expected to brighten the chances of Harris defeating former President Donald Trump.
Walz had served served 12 years in Congress before becoming Minnesota governor in 2018.
He is known to have been a champion of progressive policies such as protecting of abortion rights, legalisation of recreational marijuana and restriction of gun access to curb shootings.
Walz who was raised in Nebraska, enlisted in the Army National Guard in 1981, after graduating from high school.
He later attended Chadron State College, where he graduated in 1989 with a degree in social science education.
He was elected to the Congress in 2006 and re-elected five times. He served as ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee before he left the American legislature.
