Ms. Harris, 55, is the first woman of Indian descent and black woman to be on the presidential ticket of a major political party in the U.S. The move puts Ms. Harris in a powerful position to lead the Democratic party in the near future and with a shot at the presidency in four to eight years.
Chennai connection
Born to Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher originally from Chennai, and Donald Harris, an economics professor from Jamaica, Ms. Harris has decades of public service to her name. In 2010, she became California’s Attorney General — the first black woman to hold the position. In 2016, she was elected to the U.S. Senate.
The announcement ends months of speculation, as Mr. Biden worked through a list of close to a dozen potential Vice-President candidate choices, zeroing in on a fellow moderate. Ms. Harris, herself a former contender for the Democratic nomination to the White House, dropped out of the race in December after campaign funds dried up.
Differing views
Ms. Harris did not always see eye to eye with fellow moderate Mr. Biden. In a dramatic clash at a primary debate last year, Ms. Harris attacked Mr. Biden for opposing mandatory busing of children across school districts, a policy that would desegregate schools.
Ms. Harris said she was honoured to be on Mr. Biden’s ticket. “Joe Biden can unify the American people because he’s spent his life fighting for us. And as President, he’ll build an America that lives up to our ideals,” she said on Twitter.
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