“But, if you look at our recent history, a lot of our presidential elections have been decided at the margins.” “Vice presidential candidates, if they’re going to make a difference, they’re going to make it at the margin,” said Joel Goldstein, a historian of the vice presidency. Harris’s mission until Election Day will be energizing the voters that Democrats most need - specifically women, people of color and young people - while absorbing what will likely be an unrelenting barrage of Republican attacks. “Because the idea that he would make it until 86 years old” - the age Biden would be at the end of a second term - “is not something that I think is likely.” “If you vote for Joe Biden, you really are counting on a President Harris,” Haley said.

It’s an issue that Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, raised on Wednesday in an interview with Fox News. See: Biden expected to tap Julie Rodriguez to run his 2024 re-election campaign

Not only is she leading the charge on Democrats’ most potent issue, the battle over abortion rights, she’s the running mate for the oldest president in history, increasing scrutiny of whether she’s ready to step into the top job if necessary. Although vice presidents are rarely decisive in re-election efforts, Harris is poised to become an exception. Now Harris, the first woman and person of color in her position, will be put to the test as President Joe Biden seeks a second term. Nikki Haley, shown speaking at a CPAC event in March, told Fox News on Wednesday that President Biden’s living to 86, and the end of a second term, “is not something that I think is likely.”

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