A look at how Kamala Harris came to be vice president, why she is being touted for the top job and what her reaction has been.
Joe Biden has backed his vice president Kamala Harris to take his place as the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidential election. Questions had been raised over Joe Biden's fitness for office, and rumours had been circulating that the president's campaign was 'quietly assessing' whether Kamala Harris could take over from him.
'We did it, Joe!' When Ms Harris was sworn into office with Biden she became not only the first woman to serve as vice president, but also the first black person and person of South Asian descent to take on the role and highest-ranking woman ever to serve in the American government. In a touching moment after it was revealed Mr Biden won the presidential election, she called him while out running. 'We did it,' she said.
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