According to a tweet from CNN’s Arlette Saenz, actor Don Cheadle will be participating in the virtual town hall as well.
“Joe and Young Americans across the country will talk about the moment gripping our nation, the struggle for justice, and what the Biden Administration will do to push for racial equity in office,” the event’s RSVP website states. The live-stream event will be presented by League 46, the coalition of young people committed to making Biden the 46th president of the United States in the November 2020 election.
Biden has yet to announce his running mate. He told CNN in late May that he is hoping to complete the vetting process by the end of July, and reveal his choice in August. Biden previously vowed that he would pick a woman to share the ticket with him.
According to NPR, some of the women under consideration for the VP role are former Georgia House Democratic leader Stacey Abrams, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, Wisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin, California senator Kamala Harris, Minnesota senator Amy Klubachar, New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Florida representative Val Demings.
Although the discussion topics for the virtual town hall have yet to be revealed, it’s expected that the former Vice President will address the protests that are happening throughout the country, and all of the unrest that’s resulted from the death of George Floyd, who was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.
Since then, Black Lives Matter protests have taken place in more than 400 cities across the country, according to USA Today. Many people are calling for police reform and stressing the importance of voting, including former President Barack Obama, who held a virtual town hall of his own on June 3. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was caught on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter; three other former officers who were also on the scene are in custody and have been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, as well as aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
Biden has been speaking out against systemic racism in the wake of the protests, and will likely address the issue further while on CNN.
Cheadle previously participated in an NBC News broadcast on June 2 titled Can You Hear Us Now?, in which he urged his friends and colleagues to get involved. “It’s not going to be easy, especially with this leadership, and I use that word incredibly loosely,” he said during the production. The Avengers actor also noted that profound change is achievable, but “it’s not going to happen if we rest.”
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Updated 6/4/20, 5:05 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional context about the virtual town hall event, Biden’s presidential campaign and the ongoing protests against racial inequality happening throughout the U.S.
