Democrats all but crowned Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee to replace President Biden on Monday — despite signs she may fare no better than President Biden against former President Donald Trump in November.

The 81-year-old president dropped out of the 2024 race on Sunday following growing concerns about his mental acuity.

“Over the next 106 days, we are going to bring our case to the American people, and we are going to win,” Harris, 59, said during a triumphant visit to the campaign’s headquarters in Wilmington, Del.

“It is my intention to go out and earn this nomination and to win. So in the days and weeks ahead, I — together with you — will do everything in my power to unite our Democratic Party, to unite our nation and to win the election,” the vice president said following a speaker-phone introduction from a slurring and raspy Biden, who has not been seen in public since canceling a campaign event on Friday after testing positive for COVID-19.

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LAS VEGAS — The next Democratic Party presidential candidate — whether it's Vice President Kamala Harris or someone else — should easily qualify for listing on the Silver State's November ballots, both for mail-in voters and at polling places, the secretary of state's office said Monday.

Internet rumors and some media reports have suggested an early deadline for ballot changes, but a spokesperson for Francisco Aguilar said there's plenty of time for the Democratic Party to submit those names.

"Major parties have until 5 p.m. on the first business day of September of a presidential election year, which this year is September 3rd, to provide the Secretary of State the names of their nominees for the offices of President and Vice President," the spokesperson said via email.

So far, neither party has made a filing, Aguilar's office said.

Still up in the air is whether independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear on Nevada ballots. His campaign recently refiled petition signatures with Aguilar's office because his original petitions lacked the name of a vice presidential candidate. The Kennedy campaign said they submitted 30,000 names, roughly three times the required 10,095 valid signatures required.

A lawsuit alleging Kennedy is not a "true" independent political candidate but is instead unqualified under Nevada law to be on the ballot is also apparently pending.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming meeting with President Joe Biden has been canceled as the president continues to focus on recovering from COVID-19, according to multiple reports.

The Israeli leader was slated to meet with Biden, 81, on Tuesday to discuss the future of the war in Gaza, but officials in Netanyahu’s office said the meeting has been called off, The Times of Israel and other outlets report.

The decision comes after Biden has remained out of the public eye after testing positive for COVID-19 while traveling in Las Vegas last Wednesday.

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President Biden’s speech was disturbingly slurred and raspy Monday as he called in to his former campaign’s headquarters to vouch for his chosen successor Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I know yesterday’s news was surprising and it was hard for you to hear, but it was the right thing to do,” the 81-year-old president told campaign staff in Wilmington, Del.

“The name has changed at the top of the ticket, but the mission hasn’t changed,” Biden told the staff — phoning in from his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

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Kamala Harris seeks to "earn" the Democratic nomination for president and to "win" the presidency, the VP said on Monday from the Dem headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.

"It is my great honor to have Joe's endorsement in this race," she said. "And it is my intention to go out and earn this nomination and win."

A raspy, slurring Biden spoke just moments earlier, touting his veep for the 2024 election.

"You sure do!" Biden said about her having his support.

Just a few minutes prior, Biden spoke about his decision to bow out of the 2024 race.

“I know yesterday’s news was surprising and it was hard for you to hear, but it was the right thing to do,” the 81-year-old president told the staff — phoning in from his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

“The name has changed at the top of the ticket, but the mission hasn’t changed."

Harris got huge cheers from the crowd just now as she warned against a second Trump presidency, warning that he would sign off on a national abortion ban if he were to regain the White House.

She went on to say that Americans have to make a decisions about "what kind of country they want to live in."

Operatives at the very highest levels of the Democratic Party threatened Joe Biden with forcibly removing him from office unless he stepped down, sources told The Post.

The well-orchestrated “palace coup” to stop the faltering president seeking re-election has been in place for weeks, but stubborn Biden fought against it every step of the way, a source close to the Biden family told The Post Monday.

The insider also made clear the anger, paranoia and frustration Biden displayed as the party elite circled around him and piled on the pressure.

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The Israeli press is reporting that President Biden — who has not made a public appearance since dropping out —may have cancelled his planned meeting with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Times of Israel reported that “the meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden will likely not be held tomorrow… a source in the prime minister’s entourage tells The Times of Israel.”

Haaretz, another Israeli news source, reported on the cold and uncertain reception of Netanyahu to Washington, writing, “The White House, however, declined to offer any public schedule for Biden in the days ahead.”

President Biden, who was recently diagnosed with Covid-19, has been conspicuously absent after his withdrawal and endorsement of Kamala Harris. “Where is Biden” is trending on X.

Harris has just boarded Air Force Two at at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

The vice president is headed first to Wilmington, Delaware, to meet with campaign staff, according to reports, and then will be en route to Milwaukee for a scheduled appearance tomorrow.

Kamala Harris' campaign has raised more than $81 million in the 24 hours since President Biden announced he was exiting the 2024 race.

It's the largest amount raised in that time period by either party in this presidential election cycle.

Harris' campaign said the eye-popping amount includes hundreds of thousands of first-time donors.

-With AP