KAMALA Harris was "accidentally" declared Joe Biden's Vice President on a news site leading to speculation he has made his pick.

The Democrat is expected to confirm his second-in-command in the first week of August, however Politco might have made the announcement on Tuesday.

"Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris to become his running mate for the 2020 election on Aug. 1, two weeks before the Democratic National Convention, after keeping his choice close to the chest for months," Politico wrote in an article about the position.

"In his announcement, Biden called Harris 'a worthy opponent and a worthy running mate,' alluding to the pair's rivalry during the earlier stages of the Democratic primary. She will bring her experience as a prosecutor, household name recognition, and skill as a debater to the ticket."

The copy, that was initially spotted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's spokesperson Mark Bednar, has since been removed.

Brad Dayspring, Politico's VP of marketing and communication, told Fox News that the text was accidentally published.

"Placeholder text was mistakenly published to the site. Our standard practice is to use 'lorem ipsum' as placeholder text.

"In this instance, that did not happen. We regret the error and any confusion that it caused," he said.

The error came just one day after Biden, 77, accidentally brandished the pad to press photographers showing a series of plus-points for the California senator during a campaign event in Delaware.

"I'm going to have a choice the first week in August and I promise I’ll let you know when I do," Biden told journalists after delivering an economic recovery plan speech at the William Anderson Community Center.

Biden has previously pledged to pick a woman to server alongside him and, last week, he said that the group of candidates he was still considering included four African American women, among others.

His potential VP contenders include Senator Kamala Harris, Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, and Obama's former national security adviser Susan Rice, according to AP.

One major point of contention remains in Senator Harris' June 2019 debate heated exchange with Biden over his opposition to a federal student busing program in the 1970s.

Harris pointed out that Biden's position was soft on racism.

Nonetheless, Biden said while campaigning in Iowa last year that he would love to have Senator Harris on the ticket.

"Senator Harris has the capacity to be anything she wants to be. I mean it sincerely," Biden said.

He continued: "She is solid. She can be president someday herself. She can be the vice president. She can go on to be a Supreme Court justice. She can be an attorney general. I mean, she has enormous capability."

Senator Harris threw her support behind former the Vice President in a video she shared on Twitter in May.

Her caption read: "@JoeBiden has served our country with dignity and we need him now more than ever. I will do everything in my power to help elect him the next President of the United States."

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