Harris on verge of receiving Democratic nomination but hasn't held news conference

Vice President Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is on the verge of receiving the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination but hasn't held a formal news conference where she would take questions from journalists since becoming a presidential candidate.

President Biden dropped out of the presidential race on July 20 and endorsed Harris, who later announced that she was officially running for president.

By July 22, Harris' campaign announced that the she had received enough support from enough delegates to clinch the nomination.

Two weeks since becoming a candidate and the unchallenged presumptive nominee, Harris has not held a news conference.

"The utter indifference to what Kamala Harris believes about major political questions is just stunning, even for US media. She never campaigned to be the Dem nominee," journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote Friday on X. "We thus know nothing about what she thinks about the most vital issues, and most in media seem fine with this."

Harris ran for presidential in 2020 but dropped out before the Democratic primary in Iowa. In November 2019, the New York Times described Harris as an "uneven campaigner who changes her message and tactics to little effect."

The Democratic National Committee opened up the virtual roll call process on Friday for delegates to formally nominate Harris prior to the start of the party's convention. 

Harris has yet to announce her running mate.

The Democratic convention kicks off August 19 in Chicago.