{"id":2608381,"date":"2026-05-29T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-reveals-kamala-harris-went-into-prosecutor-mode-for-biden-endorsement\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:36:39","slug":"jill-biden-reveals-kamala-harris-went-into-prosecutor-mode-for-biden-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-reveals-kamala-harris-went-into-prosecutor-mode-for-biden-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden reveals Kamala Harris went into &#8216;prosecutor mode&#8217; for Biden endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjill-biden-reveals-kamala-harris-went-into-prosecutor-mode-for-biden-endorsement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2608381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jill Biden\u2019s memoir recounts how, after Joe Biden surprised the public by dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, Kamala Harris moved quickly to secure her endorsement from him. Jill biden describes Harris shifting rapidly into an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >urgent \u201cprosecutor mode<\/a>,\u201d worrying that any delay could let Democrats rally behind someone else rather of Harris. In the account, Harris pressed for the endorsement to happen within minutes, prompting Jill Biden to step out while the call continued. The book excerpt also notes that Biden formally announced his decision and endorsement to Harris via a July 21 letter, and that Harris received the Democratic nomination on August 5.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jill-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1632\">Jill Biden<\/a> recalled that after her husband decided to drop out of the presidential race in 2024, then-Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"748\">Kamala Harris<\/a> quickly moved past the shocking news and started pushing him to endorse her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an excerpt of her upcoming memoir <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/05\/29\/jill-biden-book-joe-biden-debate-reaction\/90277719007\/\">reported<\/a> by <em>USA Today<\/em> on Friday, the former first lady wrote how Harris pushed for a rapid endorsement from then-President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4585556\/whitmer-rules-out-2028-white-house-bid\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Whitmer rules out 2028 White House bid<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4577914\/read-full-dnc-release-2024-campaign-autopsy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>READ IN FULL: DNC releases 2024 campaign autopsy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4574040\/moore-urges-dems-move-on-2024-dnc-autopsy-part-of-the-problem\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Moore urges Democrats to \u2018move on\u2019 from 2024, calls DNC autopsy report \u2018part of the problem\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When she first heard the news, Harris initially expressed concern, but shortly thereafter focused on her political future. Jill Biden described this moment as Harris going into \u201cher courtroom prosecutor mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris once served as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1873\">San Francisco<\/a> district attorney and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a> attorney general before becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was concerned that any delay in a highly valuable endorsement from the president would open the door to \u201cmischief,\u201d meaning the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"288\">Democratic Party<\/a> would back some other candidate instead of her. Biden suggested the announcement could wait until the next morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want it sooner,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ll call you back when I figure this out,\u201d Biden responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She gave him very little time to call back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCould you do it soon?\u201d she asked. \u201cSay, in twenty minutes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jill Biden then walked out of the room at this point. The conversation was taking place on speakerphone while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-flotus-rosalynn-carter-diagnosed-with-dementia\/\" title=\"Rosalynn Carter, ex-First Lady, has dementia.\">presidential couple<\/a> was spending a summer weekend at their beach home in Rehoboth Beach, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/delaware\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"122\">Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4586792\/trump-jill-biden-criticism-thinking-joe-stroke-during-debate\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4586792\/trump-jill-biden-criticism-thinking-joe-stroke-during-debate\/\">TRUMP PILES ON JILL BIDEN CRITICISM OVER THINKING JOE HAD A STROKE DURING PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden announced his decision to drop out of the race and endorse Harris in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/21\/g-s1-12544\/biden-letter-withdraw-harris-endorsement\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/21\/g-s1-12544\/biden-letter-withdraw-harris-endorsement\">letter written<\/a> on July 21, 2024. She was then awarded the party\u2019s nomination on Aug. 5 ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2197\">Democratic National Convention<\/a> later that month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former first lady\u2019s new book, <em>View from the East Wing: A Memoir<\/em>, shows four years in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> from her perspective. It\u2019s set to be released on June 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Biden says Kamala Harris quickly urged Joe to endorse her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2608382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP25020648937017.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13348,32945,32320,32438,5894],"class_list":["post-2608381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-endorsement","tag-jill-biden","tag-joe-biden","tag-kamala-harris","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP25020648937017.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2608381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2608385,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608381\/revisions\/2608385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2608382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2608381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2608381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2608381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}