Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang Andrew YangBiden's latest small business outreach is just ... awful Doctor who allegedly assaulted Evelyn Yang arrested on federal charges The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden weighs in on police shootings | Who's moderating the debates | Trump trails in post-convention polls MORE said he would consider taking the No. 2 spot on the party ticket if former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Joe Biden should enact critical government reforms if he wins MORE wins the nomination.

Yang, a tech entrepreneur, told Yahoo News that Biden has spoken with him about the threat of automation taking away jobs, the issues that Yang has centered much of his campaign around addressing.

“He actually came to me and said he's very concerned about the fourth industrial revolution and that if we automate away the jobs, it's going to be a fundamental threat to the middle class. And that made me really excited because I was like, ‘Wow, Joe is listening,’” Yang told Yahoo News in an interview published Monday.

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Yang said he'd consider being a running mate on any of his opponent’s tickets.

“I'm going to help get Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act MORE out of office and help us win, and that's in any capacity,” Yang said. “Certainly, I want to be the nominee myself, but if I'm part of the team, I'll do my part for sure. If any of the candidates prevails and asks me to be their running mate, of course I would take a very long, hard look at it.”

He also said he’d be open to having a number of his current or former opponents serve in a Yang administration if he emerges as the nominee.

“I share text messages with half a dozen of the other candidates. I would work with many of them. And as president, I can't wait to enlist many of them to join the cabinet,” Yang told Yahoo News.