Washington (CNN) Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he would pick a woman to be his vice-presidential running mate.

"If I'm elected president, my Cabinet, my administration will look like the country, and I commit that I will, in fact, appoint a, pick a woman to be vice president," Biden said at the CNN-Univision debate in Washington, DC.

Biden continued, "There are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow. I would pick a woman to be my vice president."

The comments come as Biden is seeing a surge in the presidential race over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and seeks to broaden his appeal and unify the Democratic Party.

Sanders said that "in all likelihood" he would pick a woman to be his vice president when pressed at the debate by CNN's Dana Bash.

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