Former vice president Kamala Harris revealed she regretted not pushing President Joe Biden to abandon his 2024 campaign sooner, but acknowledged doing so would have come off as 'incredibly self-serving.'

The revelation appears in her new book 107 Days, which goes on sale on September 23.

An extract from the book has appeared in the The Atlantic.

'During all those months of growing panic, should I have told Joe to consider not running? Perhaps,' Harris admits. 'Of all the people in the White House, I was in the worst position to make the case that he should drop out. I knew it would come off to him as incredibly self-serving if I advised him not to run. He would see it as naked ambition, perhaps as poisonous disloyalty'

Harris revealed that going into the 2024 campaign, she automatically followed the 'mantra' set by the White House that it was Biden's decision to make with his family if he wanted to run for reelection.

'Was it grace, or was it recklessness?' Harris asked. 'In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision.'

Harris revealed she faced the dilemma that any attempt to suggest that Biden should not run for office would be viewed as 'incredibly self-serving' even if her message was simply 'don't let the other guy win.'

The former vice president also revealed a list of grievances with Biden and his staff.

She complained that during the president's speech announcing his decision to abandon his reelection campaign, he did not mention her name until 'almost nine minutes into the 11-minute address.'

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