One of the defining issues of the 2024 campaign will be whether Vice President Kamala Harris can successfully escape President Joe Biden’s shadow. Harris is running as Biden’s successor. The reason she has been anointed the Democratic nominee without going through the primary process and has inherited the Biden-Harris campaign funds is that she is One of the defining issues of the 2024 campaign will be whether Vice President Kamala Harris can successfully escape President Joe Biden’s shadow.

Former President Donald Trump tried, somewhat reluctantly, to pivot his campaign Wednesday from hurling personal insults against Vice President Kamala Harris to criticizing her economic record on scourges such as inflation, even as the White House claimed progress on the economy.