Kamala Harris will cut her own path as president after 2024 win, says Joe Biden

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Kamala Harris would “cut her own path” once she wins the 2024 election, allowing for more daylight between him and his vice president as she works to win over sceptical voters three weeks before election day.

“Kamala will take the country in her own direction, and that’s one of the most important differences in this election,” he said. “Kamala's perspective on our problems will be fresh and new. Donald Trump’s perspective old and failed and quite frankly, thoroughly totally dishonest.”

Biden’s comments may give Harris more licence to stake out her own political and policy stances in the critical closing phase of the presidential race, and appear to go further to distance the two than Harris has herself. The vice president's aides have privately expressed some frustration that the 81-year-old president has been too focused on his own legacy -- and not the race to succeed him.