Harris memoir Details Concerns Over Biden‘s 2024 Re-election Bid
WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a sharp critique of President Joe Biden’s decision to seek a second term in her forthcoming memoir, 107 Days, calling it “recklessness” and a decision made without sufficient broader consideration. The book, set for release on September 23, 2025, via Simon & Schuster, marks Harris’s first public rebuke of the campaign choice.
Harris writes, “Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness.” She argues the decision was left solely to President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, a process she believes was a “grave mistake.” Despite her concerns, Harris emphasizes she never doubted Biden’s fundamental ability, stating, “I don’t believe it was incapacity.” She adds, “As loyal as I am to President Biden, I am more loyal to my country.”
The memoir details Harris’s frustration with the campaign’s handling of the situation, framing it as a failure of leadership. “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,” she writes.
Harris also recounts feeling unsupported by White House staff,noting they “rarely” defended her against political attacks and appeared to operate under a “zero-sum” mentality - believing her success would diminish Biden’s. “None of them grasped that if I did well, he did well,” she states. The memoir explores her internal dilemmas regarding whether to privately urge biden to reconsider, fearing it would be perceived as self-serving or disloyal. “He would see it as naked ambition,perhaps as poisonous disloyalty,” she says.
107 Days details the campaign that followed Biden’s withdrawal in July 2024. A book tour across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom is planned for later this fall. While critical of the process, Harris clarifies she does not question Biden’s competence, attributing visible limitations to fatigue from age and travel. ”On his worst day, he was … more capable of exercising judgment … than Donald Trump on his best,” she writes.
