In his first interview since leaving the White House, Joe Biden defended former Vice President Kamala Harris on The View against the criticisms she faced during her campaign for standing by the policies he set during their term together. The former president revealed they “argued like hell” while working together and noted Harris remained “her own person” as his VP and as a presidential candidate.

“She was part of every success we had,” he said on the show. “We’d argue like hell by the way. That’s good.”

He continued, “We worked it out. It was a mutual thing but like i said… when that election started, none of you would have thought that happened. we’ve done pretty good.”

Harris faced backlash during her campaign for saying she wouldn’t change “a thing” about what Biden accomplished during his presidency. “There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of — and I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact,” she said on The View in October 2024.

Sunny Hostin asked the former president if it was true that he had reportedly encouraged Harris not to differentiate her agenda from his on the campaign trail, which he denied.

“I did not advise her to say that number one, like I said I was vice president, I understand the role,” he said. “I think she was talking about she wouldn’t have changed the successes we had, not opposed to changing anything at all. She has to be her own person, and she was.”

He continued, “So I think that was used in a way that is contrary to what she meant by it when she said that.”

The former president later added that he think they did “pretty good” together in the White House.

During his appearance on The View, Biden boasted about what he viewed were his many accomplishments reached in the White House, including leaving President Donald Trump “the strongest economy in the world.”

“Look what’s happened in the meantime,” he added.

The View airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.