Jill Biden did NOT want Harris to be Joe's VP after she attacked his 'racist' opposition to busing during heated primary: President also expressed concerns about her Romance with political mentor
First Lady
Jill Biden was opposed to her husband selected Kamala Harris as his presidential running mate, according to an explosive new book.
Jill Biden expressed her frustration with the selection of Harris, who lashed out at
Joe Biden in the first Democratic primary debate, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns wrote in their upcoming book
This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future.
The first lady reportedly said in a conversation that 'there are millions of people in the United States' and asked 'why do we have to choose the one who attacked Joe,' according to an excerpt of the book provided to
Fox News.
At the primary debate in June 2019, Harris launched an explosive broadside at Biden, who at the time was taking criticism for remarks about working with segregationists in Congress. Biden had remarked: 'at least there was some civility. We got things done.'
Noting her 'past romantic relationship with Willie Brown, the California politician who appointed Harris to a pair of minor political positions,' the book said Biden described romance 'as the kind of thing that should be off limits.'
Harris had a relationship with Brown, who later served as San Francisco's mayor, between 1994 and 1995, when Harris was beginning her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
Biden reportedly described Harris' romance with political mentor Willi Brown 'as the kind of thing that should be off limits.' Brown and Harris openly dated in 1995 (above)
At the time, Brown was 60 and a powerful figure in California politics, serving as speaker of the state assembly, and Harris was 29 and just getting started in politics.
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