evidence: The odds on Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg being the Democratic Party's 2024 vice presidential candidate have improved with one leading bookmaker over the past 24 hours, following media reports that the campaign team of Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is considering him for the role. On Wednesday, William Hill offered odds of 14/1 (6.7 percent) on Buttigieg running as the Democrats' vice presidential pick, but this improved to 4/1 (20 percent) as of 5 a.m. ET on Thursday. [...] Buttigieg endorsed Harris for the presidency almost immediately after Biden announced he was stepping aside. In a post on X, he said: "Kamala Harris is now the right person to take up the torch, defeat Donald Trump, and succeed Joe Biden as President.