Biden Senate Ally Says Harris ‘Ready To Be President’

Vice President Kamala Harris is prepared to become commander in chief, a top Senate ally of President Joe Biden said on Sunday.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) made the comment during an interview less than a week after Biden announced a 2024 re-election campaign with Harris once again as his running mate.

“The vice president’s ready to run and ready to be president should that ever happen,” Coons said on ABC’s “This Week.” “I know our president has great confidence in her, and so do I.”

Biden chose to stick with Harris as his running mate despite her poor approval ratings and inability to shake the view by critics that she did not take seriously her role as leader of the Biden administration’s efforts to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S.-Mexico border. As reported by Axios, the White House and Biden’s campaign are working on revamping her image.

Much of the focus on Harris is tied to concerns, even among Democrats, about Biden’s age and fitness to serve a full eight years in office. Already the oldest person to be president at 80 and prone to gaffes, Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term.