Former President Bill Clinton gave a lengthy defense of Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign stop in Durham, North Carolina, on the first day of early voting in the battleground state.

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) introduced Clinton as “the comeback kid” who “knows a little something about being an underdog and being underestimated” — a nod to the Harris campaign’s recent polling woes.

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