Joe Biden calls in live to Kamala Harris event: ‘I’m watching you, kid. I love you’

A day after he announced he would drop out of the 2024 presidential race, Joe Biden called into the campaign headquarters and urged staffers to ’embrace’ his vice-president, Kamala Harris. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Biden, who is isolating with Covid-19 at his Delaware home, vowed he is ’not going anywhere’ and said he will be ’out on the road’ for Harris. ’If I didn’t have Covid, I’d be standing there with you,’ said Biden, whose voice sounded a touch gravelly. Can lame duck Joe Biden give legs to Harris campaign in final months? ► The Kamala Harris cheat sheet: 19 things to know about the woman who might be president ► The Guardian publishes independent journal