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Then-Vice President Kamala Harris acted like a \u201ccourtroom prosecutor\u201d in her insistence that Joe Biden immediately endorse her for the 2024 Democratic nomination after he abruptly ended his bid for a second term, former first lady Jill Biden writes in her forthcoming memoir.<\/p>\n

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In \u201cView from the East Wing,\u201d out June 2, Jill Biden recounts the conversation on July 21, 2024, when the 46th president told his second in command he would be the first commander in chief not to seek re-election since Lyndon Johnson in 1968.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God, Joe. Are you sure?\u201d Jill Biden recalls Harris saying before pushing for her boss\u2019 backing, according to an excerpt reported by USA Today.<\/p>\n

When Joe Biden suggested waiting until the next morning to make an endorsement statement, Harris insisted: \u201cI want it sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After the president said he would call her back \u201cwhen I figure this out,\u201d the veep pressed: \u201cCould you do it soon? Say, in 20 minutes?\u201d<\/p>\n

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At that point, Jill Biden writes, she walked out of the room, apparently unable to bear any more.<\/p>\n

Joe Biden, the oldest-ever president, endorsed Harris in a separate statement released about half an hour after announcing he was dropping out of the race, forestalling an unprecedented \u201cmini-primary\u201d ahead of the following month\u2019s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n

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