Joe Biden offers UK ambassadorship to Cindy McCain

Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain who crossed party lines to endorse President-elect Joe Biden, is reported to be in line to be named the next US ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Cindy McCain, 66, is said to be the frontrunner for the job as a reward for helping deliver the traditionally Republican state of Arizona and its 11 electoral college votes to Biden.

The UK ambassadorship is ‘hers if she wants it,’ a source close to Biden told The Times of London.

Biden, the former vice president, defeated President Trump in The Grand Canyon State by less than 11,000 votes.

Political observers think the president’s personal vendetta against John McCain may have alienated enough Republicans to the point where they cast their ballots for Biden.

The last time a Democrat won Arizona was in 1992, when Bill Clinton managed to get 46 per cent of the vote. That year, he was running against Republican Senator Bob Dole and a strong third-party candidate, Texas billionaire Ross Perot.

It is unclear if Cindy McCain, who is said to be an Anglophile, even wants the job.

Since her husband’s passing, she has focused on charitable and philanthropic endeavors.

Cindy McCain also serves as chair of the board of trustees of the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University.

The late senator’s widow ‘oversees the organization’s focus on advancing character-driven global leadership based on security, economic opportunity, freedom, and human dignity.’

DailyMail.com has sought comment from both Cindy McCain as well as the Biden-Harris transition team.

The ambassadorship to London is considered one of the most sought-after positions in the United States Foreign Service, though it is often given to political allies who help the president win election.

America's current minister to the Court of St. James is Robert Wood Johnson IV, a Trump appointee and longtime Republican Party donor who is also the heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune.

Cindy McCain’s possible entry into the incoming Biden administration would be a fitting culmination of a years-long feud between her family and President Trump.

The outgoing Republican president drew the ire of the late Senator John McCain by mocking his status as a former prisoner of war who fell into North Vietnamese captivity during the Vietnam conflict.

John McCain was a pilot in the United States Navy when his plane was shot down over Hanoi in 1967. After the North Vietnamese captors learned his father was a senior military officer, they offered him early release, but he refused.

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