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Kamala Devi Harris (/ ˈ k ɑː m ə l ə ˈ d eɪ v i / ⓘ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee; [2] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving with President Joe Biden. She is the first female vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official ...
Joe Biden's tenure as the 47th Vice President of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Biden, a member of the Democratic Party who previously served as US Senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009, took office after his victory in the 2008 presidential election over Republican vice president nominee Sarah Palin.
Two vice presidents—George Clinton and John C. Calhoun—served under more than one president. Ill with tuberculosis and recovering in Cuba on Inauguration Day in 1853, William R. King, by an Act of Congress, was allowed to take the oath outside the United States. He is the only vice president to take his oath of office in a foreign country.
President Biden, four weeks after ending his White House re-election bid, ceremoniously passes the torch to Kamala Harris on the first night of the Democrats' national convention in Chicago
Updated July 3, 2024 at 2:47 PM. Susan Walsh. Vice President Kamala Harris ’ allies are privately discussing what her candidacy would look like if President Joe Biden dropped out of the race for ...
In a separate post on X (formerly Twitter), Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee. Biden's endorsement of Harris makes her the frontrunner for the nomination, but that doesn't ...
Evan Maureen Ryan (born April 18, 1971) is an American public servant, serving as White House cabinet secretary in the administration of Joe Biden.She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in the Obama administration (2013–2017) and was assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for then-Vice President Joe Biden.
The vice president of the United States ( VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch [ 8][ 9] of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate.