Ripper said:
C'mon dude. Terrible analogy. You are basically saying that V and K battled on the court and then after the game went to the bar and hung out. Didn't happen. But they also were not public enemies who reconciled. In the final year of V's life, two to three years after V stopped coaching, K was able to see what a great guy V was, not as an opponent, but as a person and they became good friends. The Biden - Harris situation is just a political freak show. A political joining, while neither cares for the other. If you can't see the difference, that's on you.
Are you saying it's uncommon for presidential candidate opponents to later link up for VP running mates, cabinet positions, key appointments, etc.?
2008's Rubio, Cruz, Graham analogy is dead on. They compete or chastise, and then join for the greater good. It happens all the time in both parties.