Kamala Harris, the former Vice President of the United States and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, has sharply criticized the decision to allow Joe Biden to run for reelection, describing it as “recklessness” in her forthcoming memoir 107 Days.
The memoir, which recounts her brief but intense campaign after Biden’s withdrawal, reveals Harris’s frustration with Democratic leadership. She wrote, “The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision.”
Biden, who was 81 at the time, eventually withdrew from the race following a poor debate performance against Donald Trump. Harris explained that while Biden remained knowledgeable and compassionate, fatigue often exposed his age.
“On his worst day, he was more deeply knowledgeable, more capable of exercising judgment, and far more compassionate than Donald Trump on his best,” Harris insisted, while admitting, “At 81, Joe got tired. That’s when his age showed in physical and verbal stumbles.”
Harris also criticized the president’s staff, accusing them of failing to defend her from media attacks and instead ensuring she never outshone Biden. She added that she was unfairly burdened with blame for his administration’s border policies.
Her campaign, which lasted only 107 days after Biden’s withdrawal, ended in a resounding defeat to Trump — one of the shortest presidential runs in American history.
The book is expected to reignite debates on Democratic Party strategy and whether Biden’s second-term ambitions weakened the party’s chances in the 2024 election.
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