Harris Recalls Moment She Found Out Biden Was Dropping Out Of 2024 Election

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday recalled the moment she found out President Joe Biden was dropping out of the 2024 race nearly six weeks ago, leading to her swift ascendance to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket.

In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, the Democratic presidential nominee painted the scene on July 21, lightheartedly conceding that she was about to offer “too much information.”

Harris said she had just had breakfast with her family, including her baby nieces, and was about to start doing a puzzle when President Joe Biden gave her a call from his Rehoboth, Delaware, home, making it known that he was exiting the race.

“He told me what he had decided to do,” Harris said. “I asked him, ‘Are you sure?’ and he said, ‘Yes.’”

Harris added that she did not have to urge Biden to back her, while noting that she was more concerned about how he felt in the moment.

“He was very clear that he was going to support me,” she said.

Harris went on to praise the record of the Biden administration, adding that history is going to show that his presidency was “transformative.”

Earlier in the interview, Harris said she has no regrets about defending Biden’s fitness to serve and his decision to stay in the race in the immediate aftermath of his poor debate performance.

Biden chose to withdraw his candidacy about a month after that debate following mounting pressure from members in his own party to pass the torch to the next generation amid troubling poll numbers.

Overall, Harris said she is “so proud” to have served alongside Biden, calling it one of the “greatest honors of my career.”

“He has the intelligence, the commitment and the judgment and disposition that I think the American people rightly deserve in