From presidential candidate to potential vice-president. Joe Biden has chosen California Senator Kamala Harris as running mate for the November US presidential election, he announced on Twitter on Tuesday, August 11.

I have the great honor to announce that I've picked @KamalaHarris - a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country's finest public servants - as my running mate.

- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020

With a brilliant career, worthy of the best American dream despite controversial chapters, the 55-year-old senator who dreamed of becoming the first black president of the United States will finally try in November, alongside her, to become the first female vice-president. president.

But with still, no doubt, an eye on the presidential election of 2024 and the hope of breaking, then, the ultimate glass ceiling.

Pioneer

"My mother would often tell me: Kamala, you might be the first to accomplish many things. Make sure you are not the last," Kamala Harris liked to repeat during her ill-fated campaign for the Democratic nomination.

Since the beginning of her career, this daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother has accumulated the titles of pioneer.

After two terms as a prosecutor in San Francisco (2004-2011), she was twice elected attorney general of California (2011-2017), becoming the first woman, but also the first black person, to head the judicial services. of the most populous state in the country.

Then in January 2017, she was sworn in to the Senate in Washington, enrolling as the first woman from South Asia and only the second black senator in American history.

The California senator will speak on August 19 at the inaugural convention, which the Democratic Party will hold online to address the Covid-19 epidemic.

With AFP and Reuters

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