This was not the first time the pair had displayed cool behavior at a public event. Earlier in the year, similar frosty interactions were noted during the funeral of Jimmy Carter, with news outlets like CNN highlighting Jill’s apparent aloofness towards Harris.

The Cheney funeral marked their first meeting since tensions were exacerbated by Harris’s memoir revelations. In her book “107 Days,” Harris depicted Jill Biden in an unflattering light, recounting a tense encounter on July 4, 2024, at the White House. According to Harris, Jill confronted her over speculation regarding Joe Biden’s potential replacement as the Democratic nominee, seeking assurance of Harris’s continued support. While Harris refrained from directly criticizing Jill, she shared how the incident upset her husband, Doug Emhoff, who felt the Bidens had sidelined Harris while still questioning their loyalty.

The tension was further highlighted by Harris’s actions on the following Independence Day. She posted a photo on social media featuring herself and Emhoff enjoying fireworks from the White House balcony, notably cropping out the Bidens. This omission did not go unnoticed, with political commentator Link Lauren pointing out the symbolic nature of the cropped image, suggesting a deliberate distancing from the Bidens.

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That, of course, was not the first time the frenemies spent time at a funeral together. Earlier in the year, Jill and Harris displayed icy behavior at Jimmy Carter’s funeral in January. Footage showed Jill giving Harris the cold shoulder, and the lack of warmth was even noted by CNN as they broadcast the service.

What made the Cheney funeral stand out even more was that it was the first time Jill had seen Harris since the former VP threw the Bidens under the bus in her memoir.

In her memoir titled “107 Days,” Kamala Harris exposed Jill Biden’s mean girl side. One excerpt that made headlines was when Harris recalled spending July 4, 2024, with Joe Biden and his wife at the White House. Harris recalled a near-irate Jill confronting her on the holiday, as rumors swirled that Joe would be replaced as a Democratic presidential nominee. According to the memoir, the then-first lady wanted assurances that Harris would still support Joe in his bid for reelection. While Harris did not explicitly attack Jill herself, she recalled how upset the confrontation made her husband, Doug Emhoff. “They hide you away for four years, give you impossible, s*** jobs … never praise your accomplishments,” Harris recalled her husband saying about the Bidens. “And still, they have to ask if we’re loyal?” 

Harris’ scathing recollection in her book was not the only evidence that she did not enjoy celebrating the nation’s birthday with the Bidens. On the following July 4, the one-time vice president uploaded a photo to X of her and Emhoff taking in fireworks from the White House balcony. Multiple people, including political commentator Link Lauren, noticed that the snap photo selected had crudely cropped out the Bidens. “Kamala cropping Joe out is very symbolic,” Lauren wrote while tweeting the original photo that included Joe and Jill. 

This led to a glut of X users pointing out the friction between Harris and the Bidens. “She’s erasing him like a girl angrily scribbling out her ex-best friend’s photo in the yearbook,” one joked. That tweet was particularly poignant, as Harris and Jill had certainly displayed some high school drama behavior towards one another in the ensuing months.