December 26, 2024

Who Is Kamala Harris? How Joe Biden’s VP Pick Makes History

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Kamala Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, will make history on the Democratic presidential ticket.

Ms. Harris, a 55-year-old senator from California and former state and local prosecutor, is the first Black woman and first woman of Indian descent selected to be the vice presidential nominee of a major party. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called his new running mate “a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants.”