New Jill Biden Book Reveals Tense Exchange With Kamala Harris

“There are millions of people in the United States,” she reportedly said. “Why do we have to choose the one who attacked Joe?”

Despite those concerns, Biden ultimately selected Harris as vice president.

The two went on to serve together throughout Biden’s presidency.

Still, reports of friction between Harris and members of Biden’s inner circle persisted throughout much of the administration.

The new memoir provides one of the most detailed firsthand accounts yet of the final hours of Biden’s presidential campaign and the rapid transition that followed.

The decision to immediately endorse Harris proved consequential.