Reports: Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

Reports indicate that President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, fulfilling a campaign promise to select the first black woman to sit on the high court.

Jackson, 51, currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As a former clerk for retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, Jackson was widely considered to be a front-runner for the nomination.

CNN reported that Biden called her Thursday night to offer the nomination and she accepted. The president is expected to make a public announcement about the nomination Friday.

Jackson, a native of Washington, D.C., has experience as a public defender and member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, as well as a nearly nine-year tenure as a federal judge.