The Last Politician provides inside look at Bidens first 2 years in White House

Franklin Foer:

Their relationship was forged on the job.

It comes with all the baggage that Biden brought from the Obama administration about his own time sitting in that chair. And so I think Kamala Harris initially, for reasons having to do with her own sense of political self, and some reasons having to do with Joe Biden's sense of the job, struggled to find her way.

And the truth is that Obama needed Biden because he saw certain holes in his own resume that he thought that Biden could fill. Biden has this supreme sense of self-confidence, based on all of his many years in Washington. And I think it was harder for him to see the space for Kamala Harris in the vice presidency.

And so, while the relationship formally, emotionally, is a very healthy one, as a practical matter, I think it made it harder for Harris to find her legs. And I should also say that my book ends with the midterm elections in 2022. And I think Harris has had an easier time, has found a greater sense of political identity since my book closes because of the abortion issue, where she's been the administration's primary spokesperson.

And I think that she's developed a more coherent political identity in the months that follow the close of my book.

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