Harris also said she has reflected about whether she should have urged Biden to pull out of the 2024 race.
Former United States Vice President Kamala Harris suggested she may run again for U.S. president.
The Democratic Party presidential hopeful, who lost to Republican Donald Trump in 2024, told the BBC in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg that she is “not done” with politics. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it’s in my bones,” she said.
Harris also said she has questioned herself about whether she should have encouraged Joe Biden to pull out of the 2024 race for the White House. Biden ended his re-election bid in July 2024 after a disastrous performance in a debate against Trump several weeks earlier, and just a few months before the November vote.
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“I do reflect on whether I should have had a conversation with him, urging him not to run for re-election,” Harris said in the interview.
Harris said she had a “concern about his ability, with the level of endurance, energy, that it requires, especially running against the now current president.” She added: “My concern, especially on reflection is, should I have actually raised it.”
Biden has been criticized for announcing his withdrawal too late, giving Harris — who became the Democratic nominee in his stead — just a few months to campaign.
Asked whether she could be the first woman in charge in the White House one day, Harris replied: “possibly,” hinting that she could make another presidential bid. But she added that she has not made a decision yet about whether to run again for president. The next American presidential election is in 2028.
“There are many ways to serve,” Harris said, “but I have not decided yet what I will do in the future.”
Harris dismissed polls suggesting that she would be an outsider in the presidential race with little chance of winning the Democratic ticket.
“If I listened to polls, I would have not run for my first office, or my second office — and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here,” she said.