Vice President Kamala Harris recalled the moment she got the phone call from President Biden informing her of his decision to drop out of the race – revealing she had just been eating pancakes with her family when she got the life-changing news.
Harris, 59, was adamant she has no regrets standing with Biden through all the trials and tribulations as anxiety over his mental acuity reached a fever pitch.
“I’m going to give you a little too much information,” Harris told CNN during his first sit-down interview Thursday since Biden dropped out.
“My family was staying with us, including my nieces and nephews. And we had just had pancakes,” she continued. “We sat down to do a puzzle, and the phone rang, and it was Joe Biden, and he told me what he had decided themselves to do.”
Harris added: “‘I asked him, ‘Are you sure?’ And he said, ‘Yes.'”
Biden, 81, made it clear to her that he would support her to become the Democratic nominee, and Harris emphasized that her “first thought was not about me, to be honest with you, my first thought was about him.”
Biden had announced his seismic decision to drop out of the race on July 21 after weeks of mounting pressure from Democrats in the aftermath of his fumbling debate performance against former President Donald Trump in late June, hosted by CNN.
Soon after throwing in the towel, Biden threw his weight behind Harris to become the Democratic presidential nominee, helping her stave off an open convention. She immediately spent hours burning the phone lines to shore up support and quickly locked down the nod.
Biden is said to be meeting Harris on the campaign trail for the first time in Pennsylvania on Monday after he spent nearly two weeks away from the White House.
The vice president will then face Trump on ABC News during a Sept. 10 debate in Philadelphia.
This is a developing story. Come back for more updates.