President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Aug 11) that some men may feel "insulted" by his Democratic rival Joe Biden's committment to choose a woman as his vice-presidential candidate.
"He roped himself into a certain group of people," Mr Trump told Fox Sports Radio in an early morning phone-in interview.
"Some people would say men are insulted by that and some people would say it is fine," Mr Trump said.
Declaring that he wants a government as diverse as the country itself, Mr Biden committed early in his campaign, in March, that he would name a woman on the ticket.
He is expected to announce his choice this week.
Only two other women have been nominated vice-presidential candidates - Ms Sarah Palin by the Republican party in 2008 and Ms Geraldine Ferraro by the Democrats in 1984 - and neither made it into the White House.
"You can pick a George Washington to be a vice-president. Let's pick up Abraham Lincoln, coming back from the dead. They just don't seem to vote for the vice-president." AFP
