Who is Kamala Harris, and will she be the first female US president?

When Joe Biden withdrew from the US presidential race following weeks of pressure from his party, he made it clear that he had just one successor in mind. “My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President,” he said in a message to X. Close advertising. “It’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today, I want to express my full support and endorsement for Kamala as our party’s nominee this year. Democrats, it’s time to band together and defeat Trump. “Let us do this.”