So far Beshear has said would continue to support Biden as long "as he was in the race," seemingly leaving open a small possibility — however unlikely — he could reconsider under one circumstance.
"The only way I would ever consider anything other than this job, which I love, is that if I felt that I could help this commonwealth in special and important ways," he told reporters recently.
Now, the question is likely to dominate the coming news cycle in Kentucky. In a Friday appeareance on ABC's The View, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put Beshear on the shortlist, assuming Harris would be at the top of a hypothetical new ticket.
"She's only got two choices in my view," he said. "It's either (Governor) Josh Shapiro from Pennsylvania or Andy Beshear from Kentucky."
Pressed again on the issue in the last week, Beshear had said he intends to serve out his current term as governor.
Statement from Gov. Beshear:
President Biden will be remembered as a consequential president. Along with Vice President Harris, he led us through the aftermath of the January 6th attack on our Capitol and steadily steered us out of a global pandemic. He showed up for Kentucky after devastating tornadoes and historic flooding, delivering immediate federal aid that is helping to rebuild our communities. His leadership provided infrastructure investments that are bringing clean drinking water and high speed internet to parts of Kentucky that for far too long had been overlooked and underserved. President Biden came through on the Brent Spence Companion Bridge Project, getting bipartisan funding for a project that had been stalled for years and is a major thoroughfare for national commerce.
While his decision today could not have been easy, it is in the best interest of our country, and our party. I want to thank him for his leadership, kindness and for a successful presidency that got big, important things done.
Now it is time for our nation to come together. We need to dial down the anger, rancor and noise. We have an opportunity to remember that we are taught to treat our neighbor as yourself—and that we are all each other’s neighbor.
Statement from Sen. Mitch McConnell:
For four years, the American people have faced historic inflation at home, chaos at the border, and weak leadership on the world stage. Our nation is less prosperous and less secure than it was in January, 2021. We cannot afford four more years of failure.
Unfortunately, the Democratic Party has been busy in recent weeks trying to upend the expressed will of the American people in primary elections across the country. Washington Democrats have not proven themselves any more capable than the President of delivering the secure borders, safe streets, and stable prices that working families deserve. They are selling open borders, higher prices, climate radicalism, and soft-on-crime policies, and the American people are not buying.
