Overview

• She writes that leaving the reelection choice to Joe and Jill Biden was reckless and that such stakes should not hinge on one person’s ego or ambition.
• She says Biden’s team resisted elevating her, citing scant pushback to the “border czar” label and West Wing displeasure after her Selma speech calling for a Gaza cease-fire.
• She regrets not urging Biden to step aside sooner, saying advice from the vice president would have looked like naked ambition and poisonous disloyalty.
• She defends Biden’s ability to serve, saying he “got tired” at 81 and that his debate stumble followed exhausting travel, while rejecting any “big conspiracy” to hide incapacity.
• She recalls Biden waited nearly nine minutes to mention her in his Oval Office exit address, and the excerpt was published today by The Atlantic ahead of a Sept. 23 book release.