The AP is confirming that Joe Biden will in fact be Barack Obama’s running mate.

Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is Barack Obama’s pick as vice presidential running mate, The Associated Press has learned.

Biden, 65, is a veteran of more than three decades in the Senate, and one of his party’s leading experts on foreign policy, an area in which polls indicate Obama needs help in his race against Republican rival John McCain.

Fox News says they have independently verified the AP story, and the text messages will start going out early in the morning.

ABC News is reporting that the Secret Service has been dispatched to begin guarding Sen. Joe Biden. They’re also reporting that Sen. Evan Bayh and Gov. Tim Kaine have been told they are were in fact not chosen. So in all likelihood, it appears that Sen. Joe Biden will be Barack Obama’s running mate. The Obama campaign is saying the all important text message will be going out in the morning, so stay tuned!