(CNN)President Joe Biden will announce his Supreme Court nominee on Friday, a source familiar with the decision tells CNN.
He informed his choice in a call on Thursday evening, another person familiar with the process said, extending the offer on the eve of the announcement. He is placing calls to the two remaining finalists on Friday morning.Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, who currently sits on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is considered the front-runner.Biden is poised to make the announcement Friday afternoon. A Friday ceremony would mark two years to the day when Biden made his initial pledge to choose the first African American female justice during a 2020 primary debate in South Carolina.
Source: Supreme Court nominee: Biden to reveal his choice on Friday – CNNPolitics
