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Why Kamala Harris has a head start in the race to replace Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s decision to step down from the 2024 campaign is yet another significant moment in this year’s US election, following on from the attempted assassination of Donald Trump the previous Saturday, July 13. Not since 1968, when Lyndon Johnson …