Biden: Ready for ‘long overdue’ pick of black female US Supreme Court justice

Biden is using his choice to fulfil one of his early campaign promises, one that helped resurrect his moribund primary campaign and propel him to the White House in 2020

President Joe Biden (Andrew Harnik/AP)

President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first black woman to the US Supreme Court, declaring such historic representation is “long overdue”.

He promised to announce his choice by the end of February.