Harris says Biden's pre-debate call left her angry, per forthcoming memoir

Vice President Kamala Harris reveals in her forthcoming memoir that a pre-debate call from President Joe Biden left her angry as she prepared to face Donald Trump in the 2024 campaign. In an excerpt published by The Guardian, Harris says Biden told her that his brother had been talking to a group of real power brokers in Philadelphia and asked whether she was familiar with several people connected to the matter. Harris wrote that she did not know the individuals, and that the conversation suggested her team had been encouraging daylight between the two of them. Biden then spoke about his own past debate performances, leaving Harris 'angry and disappointed'.

Then-Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff noticed his wife was distressed and advised her to 'let it go' before facing Trump, according to the Guardian excerpt.

The memoir, '107 Days,' is set for Sept. 23 release. In another section, Harris notes that the mantra 'It’s Joe and Jill’s decision' circulated within the campaign before the 2024 election, a point she later described in an Atlantic excerpt as reckless rather than graceful given the stakes. The book also reveals that Pete Buttigieg was her first choice for running mate, not Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but she said it was 'too big of a risk' because the campaign was asking the nation to accept a woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man.

Harris’s disclosures come as the 2024 cycle continues to unfold and as allies and rivals parse what the memoir says about leadership, loyalty, and the balance between personal relationships and public service. The revelations add a new lens to how the Democratic ticket navigated a high-stakes race that ultimately produced a narrow path to the nomination for Harris and a contested general election.