Presidential publishing 2022: Kamala Harris' book royalties wallop Joe Biden's

WASHINGTON − Vice President Kamala Harris took in $80,000 from book royalties during her second year in office, a sizable drop from the $450,000 she earned during her first year but still far outpacing President Joe Biden's haul from book sales, according to federal financial reports.

Sources of income for Biden and Harris are detailed in public financial disclosure reports filed Friday that are required of federal officeholders and other high-level officials by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

Harris earned $40,209 in 2022 from her book "Superheroes are Everywhere," a children's book she published in 2019, and an additional $41,104 from "The Truths We Hold," a memoir published the same year.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden reported earning between $8,003 and $21,402 on the couple's five books. That roughly breaks down this way:

• Biden reported earning between $2,501 and $5,000 from his 2017 memoir "Promise me Dad" and less than $201 from his 2004 book "Promises to Keep." Biden's filing says the exact values for both were "not readily ascertainable."

• Biden also reported the 2022 book royalties of Jill Biden: between $5,001 and $15,000 for her children's book "Joey: The story of Joe Biden," published in 2020; between $201 and $1,000 from her 2019 biography "Where the Light Enters;" and less than $201 for her 2012 children's book "Don't Forget, God Bless our Troops."

The first couple's other assets, which were quantified by range, were valued between $1.1 million and $2.6 million when including investments, holdings and other accounts.

The Bidens owe between $250,001 and $500,000 on a mortgage on their Delaware home, and between $45,003 and $150,000 in other loans.

Biden, whose salary as president is $400,000 a year, also reported earning $2,933 from CelticCapri Corp, a company that he created at the end of the Obama-Biden administration for speaking and writing engagements.

CeltricCapri Corp. has been dormant since 2020 and doesn't engage in any business other than to receive potential royalties, according to the White House.

Harris' salary as vice president is $235,100. Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff reported assets between $3.3 million and about $7 million collectively. They owe between $1 million and $5 million on a mortgage on their personal home.

Reach Joey Garrison on Twitter @joeygarrison.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Harris outpaces Biden in book royalties by a large margin