President Biden partly delayed dropping his 2024 re-election campaign because he doubted whether Vice President Kamala Harris could actually take on Donald Trump, a new report says.
The 81-year-old president and his senior advisers had expressed the concerns about whether the veep was up to the challenge of facing off against Trump in the lead-up to his historic announcement, Axios reported Monday, citing three Biden aides familiar with the conversations.
Still, Biden ultimately ended up endorsing Harris, 59, when he revealed he was stepping aside Sunday — weeks after his train-wreck debate against Trump threw his campaign into disarray.
Biden and Harris spoke repeatedly over the phone in the hours before the bombshell announcement was made public, sources said.
