President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris “could be president of the United States” while addressing the NAACP’s annual convention — as fellow Democrats try to convince him to step aside ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

“She’s not only a great vice president, she could be president of the United States,” the 81-year-old president said of Harris, 59, who would be best-positioned to replace him if he decides to retire. 

Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 16, 2024. AP

Biden gave no indication, however, that he would do so — telling the crowd that he had a plan for the first 100 days of a second term including signing voting-rights legislation “come hell or high water.”

The incumbent repeatedly attacked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in his remarks — despite calling on Americans to “lower the temperature” of the campaign in a rare Oval Office address Sunday, after Trump, 78, was wounded Saturday in an assassination attempt.

Biden said that Kamala Harris could be the President of the United States. REUTERS

“Donald Trump’s presidency was hell for black America,” Biden exclaimed at one point.

“What the hell’s the matter with this man?” Biden said at another point, recounting how the National Guard responded to protests and riots in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.

Trump is “lying like hell” about their respective black unemployment records, the president also said — ridiculing Trump’s focus on growing “black jobs.”

“I love this phrase, ‘black jobs’, tells us a lot about the man and about his character,” Biden jabbed.

Harris is best-positioned to replace Biden if he decides to retire. AP

“Folks, I know what a black job is. It’s the vice president of the United States. I know what a black job is: the first black president in American history, Barack Obama.”

Trump is “a guy who spread the birthism lie about Barack Obama, saying he wasn’t born in America and he wasn’t a US citizen,” Biden said.

The president said Republicans would “undo everything the NAACP stands for.”

Democrats are trying to convince Biden to step aside as the election approaches. AFP via Getty Images

Democrats plan to nominate Biden virtually as early as this month — ahead of the Aug. 19-22 Democratic convention — though congressional dissenters are expected to mount a fresh push to convince the oldest-ever sitting president to stand down following his disastrous June 27 debate performance.

So far, 20 House Democrats and one Democratic senator have asked Biden to do so, citing concerns about his cognitive fitness.