By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-16 13:42:17 | Updated at 2025-01-16 16:53:48
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Jill Biden and Kamala Harris have put their rumored differences aside in a show of support for the President during his final address to the American public.
The First Lady sat beside Vice President Harris and her husband Doug in the Oval Office as Joe Biden delivered his last message.
Moving pictures show the two women smiling and even holding hands after months of rumors that the are 'feuding' after Harris became the Democrat presidential candidate for the 2024 election.
'It's been the highest honor of my life to lead you as commander in chief and of course, to Kamala and her incredible partner. The historic vice president. She and Doug have become like family. And to me, family is everything,' Biden said, prompting the warm show of affection from Jill.
Sources claim Dr. Jill Biden has long disliked Harris, dating back to her ravaging Biden on the debate stage in June 2019 - during the first Democratic debate of the 2020 cycle.
On Wednesday night, a visibly emotional Biden thanked his wife and family for standing by him during five decades in politics, before issuing a parting warning to voters.
'Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights, the freedoms and the fair shot for everyone to get ahead,' he added, in a reference to the billionaire advisers to Trump, which includes Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
'This is a dangerous concern. And that's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people. And the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked.'
The First Lady sat beside Vice President Harris and her husband Doug in the Oval Office as Joe Biden delivered his last message
'This will be my final address to you from the American people, from the Oval Office, from this desk as president,' Biden said
Moving pictures show the two women smiling and even holding hands after months of rumors that the are 'feuding' after Harris became the Democrat presidential candidate for the 2024 election
After four years marred by slip-ups and gaffes during public appearances, he delivered the address from the teleprompter without mistake as he gazed at the camera.
During the president and vice president's first public appearance after the Democrats handed the White House back to President-elect Donald Trump, Dr. Biden sat stone-faced next to Harris and Emhoff.
The event was the traditional Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, which put the first and second couples together just six days after Harris' loss.
On Election Day, Dr. Biden sported a red pantsuit - the traditional color for Republicans - which led to speculation from the MAGA crowd that she didn't really want Harris to win.
And at the Kennedy Center Honors last month, those watching the presidential box noticed that neither Biden acknowledged Harris or Emhoff when the crowd stood to welcome them to the Kennedy Center.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates denied any chill in the relationship between the president and vice president, while Harris' spokesperson Kirsten Allen said Biden and Harris 'have a close working relationship and have developed a friendship that extends to both of their spouses.'
It comes after insiders suggested Dr. Biden was telling her husband to 'burn the house down' on his way out the door for the way he was treated by his colleagues.
After his disastrous June 27 debate against Trump, top party leaders pressured 82-year-old Biden to bow out.
President Joe Biden gives his farewell address to the nation
Vice President Kamala Harris (left) was seated next to Dr. Jill Biden (right) at the annual Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery six days after losing the election. Insiders suggested the relationship is even more 'frosty' behind-the-scenes
Dr. Jill Biden's (right) feud with Vice President Kamala Harris (center) allegedly continued through the post-election period, with sources saying things are 'frosty' between the Bidens and Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff (right)
He did so on July 21 - endorsing Harris a few hours later.
The president has been giving his VP the cold shoulder after her resounding loss to Donald Trump last month, who beat her both in the popular vote and the electoral college. He has reportedly indicated he thinks he would have won.
Some officials told the Daily Mail that Biden genuinely believed Harris could defeat Trump and is struggling to understand how she blew the race – and a billion dollars in campaign contributions – so spectacularly.
Of course, some in the Democratic Party blame Biden himself – arguing he should have dropped out of the race far sooner than he did, and that more time would have benefited Harris's campaign.
'It's almost Shakespearean that Biden didn't just kill his own campaign, he killed hers, too,' a Harris campaign adviser rather dramatically told the Washington Post on Monday.
