Aside from the wonkiest of Washington circles and the most progressive corners of the left, no one’s heard of Tom Perez. He isn’t young or handsome. He has zero foreign policy experience. The highest office he’s been elected to is a suburban county council.

Yet the labor secretary has emerged as a sleeper pick for vice president, with chatter building among top Democrats — including Elizabeth Warren.

The Massachusetts senator and a few of her colleagues were standing around on the House floor in late September after Pope Francis’ address to a joint meeting of Congress, playing the Hillary Clinton running-mate guessing game.

Warren, never much one for speculation doesn’t usually talk politicking. But looking at Perez standing with them and thinking about their work together, she joined in.

“Oh, you’d be great, Tom,” she said.