Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state’s attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden’s support to become the next Democratic presidential nominee.
“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” she said in a statement.
The historic endorsement came after Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping out of the race following weeks of disarray within the Democratic Party.
Harris became the first female vice president of the United States when she was sworn into office in January 2021. She is also the nation’s first Black and South Asian vice president.
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last,” Harris said in her first speech to the nation as vice president-elect.
Source: www.cnn.com