Hillary Clinton reveals initial reaction to Biden withdrawing from race: ‘This is exciting!’

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released audio of her recounting a conversation she had with her husband, Bill Clinton, when she decided to support Vice President Kamala Harris as her party's nominee.

"After I got off the phone with the vice president, I looked at Bill with a huge smile and said, ‘This is exciting!'" Clinton said in audio recorded for the epilogue of her upcoming book, "Something Lost, Something Gained."

The audio was first shared with MSNBC's "Morning Joe," one of several staunchly pro-Biden-Harris shows on the liberal network.

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Clinton, the Democratic Party's nominee in 2016, endorsed Harris for president after initially supporting President Biden. She has also called on Harris to break the "glass ceiling" and become the country's first female president, according to BBC.

"I felt promise, I felt possibility. It was exhilarating!" Clinton said of speaking with Harris.

"When I imagine Kamala standing before the Capitol next January, taking the oath of office as our first woman president, my heart leaps."

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"After hard years of division, it will prove that our best days are still ahead and that we are making progress on our long journey toward a more perfect union," she