US Green Party candidate Jill Stein announced her pick for her vice-presidential running mate at an online event on Friday night – academic, activist and Muslim convert Rudolph “Butch” Ware. The announcement came after days of speculation over who Stein would choose in her, by all indications, quixotic campaign for president. Over the past several days, multiple names – mainly Arab Americans – have been floated as Stein’s VP contender, however Ware’s name did not appear in most major news reports on the subject. After Stein announced him as her running mate, Ware described himself as a “willin…