9 takeaways from Kamala Harris' new book

In her new book, Kamala Harris dishes on Democratic leaders who were slow to endorse her, frustrations with Joe Biden and regrets from the 2024 campaign.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris' memoir of her failed 2024 campaign for the Oval Office skewers some of the nation's most prominent Democrats — including former President Joe Biden — offers her perspective on crucial moments in the election and outlines her own regrets about her decisions and performance.

Published by Simon & Schuster on Tuesday, "107 Days" zooms in on the narrow window during which Biden abruptly handed her the reins of the Democratic nomination and she lost to Donald Trump.

The book is notable among election memoirs in its often candid assessments of figures who are still active in politics and in the possibility that Harris will use it as a launch pad for a third bid for the presidency in 2028. Harris also ran in the 2020 Democratic primaries but abandoned her bid before the first votes were cast.

She opted this year to forgo a run for governor of California, and allies say that decision was made in no small part to keep the door open to a presidential campaign.

In one newsy nugget, Harris writes that Biden first asked her whether she would be willing to take his spot atop the ticket if he stepped aside. The two were sitting in the Situation Room at the White House after a briefing on the failed July 13 assassination attempt on Trump, and Biden raised a topic he hadn't discussed with her before.