Agreed. If we are talking about veep this year, first term House member sounds significantly less plausible than second term (Val Demings). Plus, Biden does not need a story that will overwhelm his own. And divorced woman who says ex beat her is exactly such a story. Trump would say that’s the only reason Biden picked her and would be widely believed.
Maybe I shouldn’t take this literally. But, pace Marshall McLuhan, television is a cool medium. And even before TV, William Jennings Bryan lost three times.