Gretchen Whitmer says she won’t run as nominee even if Biden stands down

Michigan governor has been named as potential replacement for president but calls discussion a ‘distraction’

The Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, said she would not run for the Democratic nomination for president this year even if Joe Biden cedes to growing pressure and steps aside.

“It’s a distraction more than anything,” Whitmer told the Associated Press, in an interview to promote her new memoir, True Gretch, which will be published on Tuesday.