Delaware's governor picked Biden aide Ted Kaufman to fill the next vice president's seat in the Senate, per the News Journal. He's Biden's longtime aide, former chief of staff and was a senior advisor to his presidential and vice presidential bids. He'll be sworn in mid-January, after Biden takes the seat for the beginning of his seventh term on Jan. 6.
Let the questions about Beau Biden in 2010 begin. And it means there will be a fun photo op when Dick Cheney swears in Biden for his new Senate term.
-Matthew Berger and Mike Memoli
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