Kamala Harris is taking aim at her old boss, Joe Biden, in her upcoming memoir — and she’s not holding back.
In a newly released excerpt from 107 Days, Harris calls Biden’s decision to run for a second term “recklessness.” At the time, she says, everyone around him brushed it off with the same line: “It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.” But looking back, she writes, “The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego or ambition.”
Harris explains that, as vice president, she felt she was in the worst position to tell Biden not to run. Any attempt to do so, she says, would’ve looked selfish — like she was just trying to clear the way for herself.
Biden ultimately dropped out of the 2024 race after a disastrous debate against Donald Trump, but by then, the damage was done. Harris went on to lose the election to Trump.
In the book, Harris also describes feeling sidelined during her time in the White House. She recalls securing billions in private investment for Latin America to help address migration — work that she says was overshadowed by Republicans branding her the “border czar.” According to Harris, the White House communications team didn’t do enough to defend her or highlight her progress.
She also shares a moment from July 2024, when she was in Houston after a hurricane and watched Biden deliver a national address on TV. “It was a good speech,” she admits. But she noticed it took nearly nine minutes before Biden even mentioned her.
Harris emphasizes that Biden wasn’t incapable of doing the job — calling him smart, experienced, and deeply committed. Still, she points to his age as a factor, writing that at 81, “Joe got tired,” and that fatigue showed up in his physical and verbal stumbles.
Her memoir, 107 Days — a nod to the length of her own short-lived presidential campaign — comes out September 23. She’s also planning a 15-city tour across the U.S., U.K., and Canada to promote it. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, Wikimedia commons.
