The Unknown Truth Of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris’s Relationship

The election year is beginning to heat up. And if things don’t go well for Donald Trump, we’ll be looking at a new administration headed by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

It has been a long road for both of them. Biden has been trying to secure a presidential candidacy since the 1980s. And Harris was gunning for the top spot herself before she accepted the chance to be Biden’s vice president.

What happened on that long road between them will surprise even the biggest fans of Biden and Harris. Here is the unknown truth of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s unusual relationship and how it developed over the years.

Kamala Harris was friends with Joe Biden’s son

At times, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been bitter political rivals. But they have one very important thing in common: a love of Joe Biden’s son Beau Biden.

Before his untimely passing in 2015, Beau Biden was the Attorney General of Delaware while Harris was the Attorney General of California. During the foreclosure crisis, the two worked closely while negotiating with banks and trying to restore the economy.

“There were periods, when I was taking heat, that Beau and I talked every day, sometimes multiple times a day,” Kamala Harris wrote in her memoir. “We had each other’s backs.”

Later, Joe Biden revealed that Harris’s work with Beau was part of why he trusted her to be his running mate.

“Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau,” he tweeted. “I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I’m proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign.”

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris went head-to-head in a debate

Not that long ago, it was impossible to imagine Harris as Biden’s running mate. Why? Because she came at him with everything she had during a Democratic debate.

On the second night of the second night of the first Democratic presidential primary debate, Harris wasted no time bringing up Biden’s troubling history with matters of race. She pointed out his 1970s-era opposition to mandatory busing designed to help combat segregation.

“There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day,” Harris memorably said. “And that little girl was me.”

Unrelenting, Harris also pointed out that Biden worked closely with various pro-segregation senators over his career. And despite the fact that he has since apologized for that, this provided another uncomfortable reminder of the times that Biden was on the wrong side of history.

But despite their clashes during the primary, this is all water under the bridge to Biden. In fact, a photographer got a shot of Biden’s notes about Harris after a press conference, back when his pick for vice president was still up in the air. Those notes read, “Do not hold grudges. Campaigned with me & Jill… Great help to campaign… Great respect for her.”

Despite the fierce debate, Biden knew Harris would be a major asset to his campaign.