Vice President Kamala Harris had a better rapport with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and saw him as a preferable fit to be her No. 2 — but she wrestled with whether Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro would be the more strategic choice in the campaign against Donald Trump,

A new book on the end of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and the birth of Kamala Harris’ sheds light on the process behind the vice president choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, a decision widely panned by pundits in retrospect.

A new book is shedding light on why former Vice President Kamala Harris did not pick Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) as her Democratic running mate in 2024, even though a majority of analysts said he seemed like the strongest contender.