‘Running away from good news’: why is Harris distancing herself from Biden’s record?

Under Biden, immigration has stabilised, inflation has been tamed and crime is down, but his VP is forging a new way'

As Joe Biden walked on the set of The View, one of America's most popular daytime television programmes, he was greeted by Hail to the Chief and a studio audience erupting in wild applause and cheers. They love you!" said the co-host Joy Behar. The US president replied wryly: It's always better when you're leaving."

During the ABC show, filmed live in a New York studio where digital screens showed images from Biden's career, he claimed to be at peace" with his decision not to seek re-election in November. Yet he also insisted that he could have beaten loser" Donald Trump. And the co-host Whoopi Goldberg criticised the way Democrats forced Biden's hand: I didn't like the way it was done publicly."