Provincetown, Massachusetts | As President Joe Biden recuperates from COVID-19, Vice President Kamala Harris has become the standard-bearer of their re-election effort, visiting the battleground states of Michigan and North Carolina last week before headlining a well-attended fundraiser in Massachusetts on Saturday (Sunday AEST).

Ms Harris has assumed the starring role at a time when a growing number of elected Democrat officials are pushing for her to become their party’s nominee, should Mr Biden drop out. Both voters and donors say they have grown dissatisfied with the president, and the campaign’s fundraising efforts have sputtered.