Biden says he's thoroughly reviewed 'about 4' SCOTUS candidates so far

President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he had thoroughly reviewed about four “well qualified and documented” candidates to fill Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat on the bench.

Biden, who has vowed to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, told NBC’s Lester Holt that he’d done the “deep dive” on those contenders, making sure there was nothing in their background checks that might disqualify them.

“The shortlist are nominees who are incredibly well qualified and documented,” Biden said. “They were the honor students. They come from the best universities. They have experience, some on the bench, some in the practice of law.”

The White House has confirmed that South Carolina federal Judge J. Michelle Childs, the favorite of Rep. Jim Clyburn (DS.C.), is under consideration, as well as multiple others. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger are other names being circulated as top contenders.

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