Jill Biden memoir details Kamala Harris’ demand for immediate endorsement from Joe: ‘I want it sooner’
Jill Biden's upcoming memoir reveals a tense moment between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden regarding her endorsement for the 2024 Democratic nomination. Harris insisted on an immediate endorsement after Biden announced he would not seek re-election. Jill Biden describes Harris's urgency and her own reaction to the pressure of the situation.
- ▪Kamala Harris demanded an immediate endorsement from Joe Biden after he announced he would not seek re-election.
- ▪Jill Biden recounts Harris acting like a 'courtroom prosecutor' during their conversation.
- ▪Joe Biden ultimately endorsed Harris shortly after announcing his withdrawal from the race.
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Politics Jill Biden memoir details Kamala Harris’ demand for immediate endorsement from Joe: ‘I want it sooner’ By Samuel Chamberlain Published May 29, 2026, 8:38 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Then-Vice President Kamala Harris acted like a “courtroom prosecutor” in her insistence that Joe Biden immediately endorse her for the 2024 Democratic nomination after he abruptly ended his bid for a second term, former first lady Jill Biden writes in her forthcoming memoir. In “View from the East Wing,” out June 2, Jill Biden recounts the conversation on July 21, 2024, when the 46th president told his second in command he would be the first commander in chief not to seek re-election since Lyndon Johnson in 1968. “Oh my God, Joe.
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