Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 15 days without holding a formal press conference since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee as of Sunday. Harris essentially became the de facto nominee after President Biden endorsed her on July 21 when he dropped out of the race and she officially clinched the nomination on Friday. While she has been active on the campaign trail, speaking at various events and giving informal remarks to reporters, she has not engaged in a formal press conference or wide-ranging interview during the 15-day period.
Despite her absence from formal press conferences, Harris briefly addressed reporters alongside Biden as they greeted Americans freed from Russia in a prisoner swap. However, she did not attend the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, where former President Trump engaged in a heated question-and-answer session.
