Watch Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's speech from DNC in Chicago Monday

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took center stage at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, delivering a high-profile speech in Chicago as his latest foray into the national spotlight.

Beshear has been a mainstay on the campaign trail since Biden dropped out of the presidential race last month and spent most of his speech highlighting the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris as she officially becomes the Democratic nominee for president.

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Beshear spoke for about five minutes, ripping former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over their more hard line stances on abortion access. He called for unity that "transcends party lines," and thanked Biden and Harris for supporting Kentucky in the aftermath of natural disasters in his first terms — the 2021 tornadoes killed more than 80 people, while the floods the next summer claimed more than 40 lives.

Beshear also appeared on appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday morning, where he promoted Harris' economic agenda and the state's economy (also revealing workers at the Ford BlueOval SK electric vehicle battery plant won't be unionized). Later that evening he spoke on CNN's "The Source," where he defended Harris' controversial proposed ban on "price gouging" and criticized Vance for comments he'd made about Harris' inflation policy.

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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Watch Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speech from DNC in Chicago