WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is incorporating the lessons he learned as vice president to former President Barack Obama into his relationship with Kamala Harris.
He is taking a partnership approach to governing with his vice president, relying heavily on the advice and input of the former senator with whom aides and allies said there is a mutual respect that is evident in their interactions behind the scenes and in public.
During remarks this week on the pandemic, Biden turned to Harris and apologized after he referred to the administration’s COVID-19 relief priorities as his own. “That we think the priorities are, I apologize, within this legislation,” Biden said, emphasizing the word we.
