History will judge Joe Biden by Kamala Harris

Mr Biden is playing along, consummate politician that he is. Just a few weeks ago he was railing against “elites in the party” who thought they knew the voters better than he did. When the convention opened less than a month had passed since he yielded the nomination to his vice-president, Kamala Harris, who his own aides had been saying would be a weaker candidate. But Mr Biden has come to accept his new role. It is a familiar one, as supporting player to a more charismatic politician, one who may not have lived as much history but unlike him could make it.