Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 20, 2024.
- After a night of tributes to President Joe Biden on Monday, speakers on the second day of the Democratic National Convention barely mentioned the sitting Democratic president.
- Tuesday's speakers focused on the nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the future, rather than on Biden's achievements.
- Former President Barack Obama thanked his former vice president during his keynote speech. Former first lady Michelle Obama did not mention Biden at all.
After an opening night that was dedicated to thanking President Joe Biden, Tuesday's Democratic National Convention speakers barely mentioned the president at all.
Instead, speakers on the second day of the convention sought to turn the page and focus on the party's nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, rather than on Biden's achievements.
Former President Barack Obama spoke about Biden for longer than any other headliner, about two minutes.
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"History will remember Joe Biden as a president who defended democracy at a moment of great danger. I am proud to call him my president, but even prouder to call him my friend," Obama said in his keynote address.
"Now the torch has been passed," he said.
Former first lady Michelle Obama, who spoke before her husband, did not mention Biden once in her address.
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Earlier in the evening, when convention speakers did mention Biden, it was almost always in conjunction with Harris, to laud the accomplishments of their administration.
After delivering his own nearly 50-minute keynote speech Monday night, Biden boarded Air Force One and flew to Southern California. The president will spend the rest of the week there on vacation.
