US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election if he stood for office again.
“Yes, and yes,” Biden responded at his press conference on Wednesday when asked whether he was satisfied with Harris' work on voting rights and if he could guarantee to keep her as a running mate.
“She's going to be my running mate, number one,” he said. “And number two, I did put her in charge. I think she's doing a good job.”
But late last year, during an interview Harris also said that she and Biden had not yet discussed the 2024 election, amid speculation she may not be in the running for the White House if Biden chose not to stand again.
"I don't think about it, nor have we talked about it,” said Harris.
History-making Kamala Harris, the first woman and first Black and Asian American person ever sworn in as vice president -- initially seemed to be the heir apparent. But in recent months, reports have suggested tensions between the vice president's office and the West Wing.
Rumors have even circulated among Beltway insiders that the president is considering nominating Harris to the Supreme Court as a backdoor method of selecting a new running mate.
Harris has battled mounting reports that her office is in disarray, and that her team is frustrated at being handed 'no-win' tasks that don't suit her skillset, such as tackling the root causes of migration behind the recent border crisis. At the same time, Biden's staff are reportedly privately disappointed with Harris over self-inflicted controversies.
Meanwhile, both Harris and Biden have vehemently denied that there is any tension between them, denying reports that are mostly based on the accounts of anonymous staffers.
“Yes, and yes,” Biden responded at his press conference on Wednesday when asked whether he was satisfied with Harris' work on voting rights and if he could guarantee to keep her as a running mate.
“She's going to be my running mate, number one,” he said. “And number two, I did put her in charge. I think she's doing a good job.”
But late last year, during an interview Harris also said that she and Biden had not yet discussed the 2024 election, amid speculation she may not be in the running for the White House if Biden chose not to stand again.
"I don't think about it, nor have we talked about it,” said Harris.
History-making Kamala Harris, the first woman and first Black and Asian American person ever sworn in as vice president -- initially seemed to be the heir apparent. But in recent months, reports have suggested tensions between the vice president's office and the West Wing.
Rumors have even circulated among Beltway insiders that the president is considering nominating Harris to the Supreme Court as a backdoor method of selecting a new running mate.
Harris has battled mounting reports that her office is in disarray, and that her team is frustrated at being handed 'no-win' tasks that don't suit her skillset, such as tackling the root causes of migration behind the recent border crisis. At the same time, Biden's staff are reportedly privately disappointed with Harris over self-inflicted controversies.
Meanwhile, both Harris and Biden have vehemently denied that there is any tension between them, denying reports that are mostly based on the accounts of anonymous staffers.
