Vice President Kamala Harris is running as the Democratic candidate in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections. As a woman of Indian origin, she is receiving widespread support.
In honor of ‘Grandparents Day’ on September 8, Harris posted a childhood photo from a trip to India. She shared fascinating details about her grandmother and grandfather on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), and the photo is expected to go viral on social media.
US Vice President Kamala Harris, born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California, is a trailblazer in American politics. She made history as the first female, first black, and first South Asian Vice President of the United States.
Harris graduated from Howard University and earned her law degree from the University of California, Hastings. Her political career began as a deputy district attorney in San Francisco, where she gained recognition for her work on criminal justice reform.
Harris served as the District Attorney of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011, before becoming California’s Attorney General. Her tenure was marked by efforts to address climate change, consumer protection, and criminal justice reform.
In 2016, she was elected as a U.S. Senator from California, where she gained prominence for her rigorous questioning in Senate hearings and her advocacy for issues like healthcare reform and immigration.