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Kamala Devi Harris [b] (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She was the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history.
In her 2019 memoir, she recalled stating her appearance for the People of the State of California before the Alameda County Superior Court at her first trial as a prosecutor: "Kamala Harris, for the people". [54] [55] "For the people" became the title of the first chapter of her 2019 memoir [52] and the slogan of her 2020 presidential campaign ...
Douglas Craig Emhoff (born October 13, 1964) is an American lawyer who served as the second gentleman of the United States from 2021 to 2025. [1] Married to the 49th vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, who was the first woman in the role, and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Emhoff was the first second gentleman of the country.
Future Senator Kamala Devi Harris was born in 1964 in Oakland, California. She and her younger sister, Maya, were raised by their Indian mother and Jamaican father, both immigrants.
Here’s what to know about Kamala Harris’s life and the moments that defined her in politics.
Here, her family tree—featuring the Harris, Gopalan, and Emhoff families, all the extended family of Kamala Harris: Vice President Harris’s family tree. Design by Michael Stillwell
Center: Kamala Harris became the first female vice president in 2020. She became the second woman nominated for president by a major political party , in 2024 . The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice presidential nominees and invitees.
Kamala Harris, the first Black woman in her role, just broke a record held by an outspoken slaveholder. Noah Bierman. December 5, 2023 at 12:55 PM.