Democrat describes VP vetting process as Harris prepares to announce pick

Julián Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary who was under consideration to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016, described what the vice presidential vetting process was like for him as Vice President Harris prepares to announce her choice. 

“It’s a grind of a process,” Castro said in a post on the social platform X. 

The former Obama administration official said he had been notified about being under consideration in mid-June 2016 and that a team...