Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris to be his running mate, making the senator from California the first Black vice presidential nominee.
She is also the first South Asian American nominee on a presidential ticket, and only the third woman nominated for vice president.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Born on October 10, 1964 in Oakland, California.
Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a Tamil breast cancer scientist who emigrated from India in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Her father, Donald Harris, emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 to study at UC Berkeley and was a professor at Stanford University.
Harris received her undergraduate degree at Howard University, where she was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Harris received her law degree University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.
2004-11 : 27th District Attorney of San Francisco
2011-17 : 32nd Attorney General of California
2017-till now : United States Senator from California
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