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Joe Biden and the riddle of Kamala Harris

In the senator for California, Biden has hired not just a running mate but an executive burden-sharer and — forgive the macabre note — a viable stand-in. But who is Kamala Harris really?

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Joe Biden is not 77 in the way that Mick Jagger is 77. The Democratic candidate for the White House wears the years with a heaviness that is not lost even on his enthusiasts.

While he never rules out a second term, this avowed “bridge” to the next generation implies just the one. With its lack of travel and live events, this COVID-19 election campaign, The Campaign That Isn’t, has spared him. The grandest public office in the world will not.

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Janan Ganesh is the principal political columnist for the Financial Times.

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