Former Vice President Kamala Harris is taking direct aim at former President Joe Biden’s decision to seek a second term, calling it an act of “recklessness” in her upcoming memoir, as reported by The New York Post.

Excerpts from the book, 107 Days, obtained on Wednesday by The Atlantic, reveal Harris’s sharp criticism of Biden’s choice to remain in the 2024 race despite growing concerns about his age and health.

Washington DC USA – August 15, 2024 – President Biden and Vice President Harris appear together for the first time since Biden stepped down from the election. They were speaking at a health care event

Harris wrote that Biden’s decision should not have been left to “an individual’s ego” or “an individual’s ambition.” She reflected:

“Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness.”

Harris acknowledged that she had doubts but refrained from publicly urging Biden to step aside, saying she feared it would be perceived as self-serving.

“I knew it would come off to him as incredibly self-serving if I advised him not to run. He would see it as naked ambition, perhaps as poisonous disloyalty, even if my only message was: Don’t let the other guy win,” Harris explained.

The former vice president described the environment inside the White House, where aides and allies repeated a refrain that “It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.” Harris said the sentiment became “like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized.”

Despite her reservations, Harris said she chose loyalty during “months of growing panic” about Biden’s condition. “The American people had chosen him before in the same matchup,” she wrote, noting that she allowed for the possibility Biden could prevail again.

Harris also addressed speculation that the administration concealed Biden’s health struggles.

President Joe Biden speaks and Vice President Kamala Harris during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center.

She pushed back on conspiracy claims, writing, “Here is the truth as I lived it. Joe Biden was a smart guy with long experience and deep conviction, able to discharge the duties of president. On his worst day, he was more deeply knowledgeable, more capable of exercising judgment, and far more compassionate than Donald Trump on his best.”

Still, Harris acknowledged Biden’s limitations at his age. “But at 81, Joe got tired. That’s when his age showed in physical and verbal stumbles,” she wrote, attributing his poor debate performance to exhaustion following overseas trips and a Hollywood fundraiser.

She insisted she would have intervened if she believed Biden was truly incapable of serving. “I don’t believe it was incapacity. If I believed that, I would have said so. As loyal as I am to President Biden, I am more loyal to my country,” Harris concluded.

The memoir 107 Days is set for release later this year, promising more revelations about Harris’s perspective on the 2024 election and her role in the administration.