Kamala Harris: The Origins and Thoughts of the US Vice President-Elect

Kamala Harris made history this Saturday (07/11) as the first woman (who is also of Black and Indian descent) to be elected Vice President of the United States, as her ticket with Joe Biden won enough votes in the electoral college to beat Donald Trump. .

The daughter of immigrant parents – an Indian-American mother and a Jamaican father – Harris, 56, is currently a Democratic senator for the state of California.

Before joining Biden’s ticket, she had tried unsuccessfully to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Known for her incisive questions on Senate committees, she has among her priorities reforming the United States criminal justice system, a project seen as a response to criticism from progressives of her work as a tough California attorney general.

The video shows the profile and career of the vice president elect.