<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1656535033200,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000016e-3da0-d10d-abef-3df3e9dc0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1656535033200,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000016e-3da0-d10d-abef-3df3e9dc0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_56431912", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1042366"} }); rn","_id":"00000181-b12e-d578-a1dd-bbbe9c3e0000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedAfter declaring Monday that President Joe Biden would seek reelection in 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris used more equivocal wording in rare on-the-record remarks.
The White House told Harris’s traveling press pool Wednesday that the vice president wanted to clarify comments she made this week about Biden’s 2024 plans.
Asked if Biden was definitely running, Harris said: “The president intends to run, and if he does, I will be his ticket mate. We will run together.”
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The comments, made aboard Air Force Two before traveling to California for two political fundraisers, softened an earlier assertion that suggested the two leaders had made a final decision.
Harris had been asked Monday to respond to Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) endorsing her potential candidacy in 2024 if Biden forgoes a reelection campaign.
“Joe Biden is running for reelection, and I will be his ticket mate,” Harris told CNN, adding, “Full stop. That’s it.”
While Biden has often said that he expects to run for reelection, he has not made a formal announcement and has left open the possibility that he could step aside.
The step back comes as Democrats question Biden’s future electoral prospects.
David Axelrod, former President Barack Obama’s chief strategist during two winning presidential campaigns, said in June that Democrats should weigh Biden’s age when deciding who should lead the party heading into 2024.
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“The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,” Axelrod told the New York Times for an article about some Democrats’ worries over Biden’s age.
