Mr Brown has continued to be a supporter of Ms Harris, heaping praise on her in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle as she became vice president, describing her as “the multiracial, multicultural, Democratic female power ideal who stole the show on Inauguration Day.”
The book, This will not pass: Trump, Biden and the battle for America’s future, also claims Jill Biden strongly opposed Ms Harris’s nomination as her husband’s running mate.
She had been angered by Ms Harris’s vitriolic attack on Mr Biden during the candidates’ primary debate in June 2019, when she rounded on his opposition to bussing – a measure designed to promote school integration.
Pointing out that she was one of the children who benefited from bussing, Ms Harris accused Mr Biden of working with segregationists to block the initiative.
It was an attack that not only galvanised Ms Harris’s campaign, but also threatened to derail Mr Biden’s by undermining his support from African American voters, who were seen as vital in the race for the Democratic nomination.
