Harris, born in Oakland, California, in 1964, is a natural-born U.S. citizen under the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

As a Black woman, Kamala Harris had to work twice as hard and overcome many racist and sexual attacks on her qualifications to become America's vice president. Jonathan Capehart spotlights Harris' time in public service and reflects on how she paved the way for so many Americans like her.

The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated them, projecting to the world the orderly transfer of power. It's a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.

Some years back, I was talking with my dinner companion when a young woman of color interrupted with an excited query. “Are you Senator Kamala Harris?” she asked in that slightly unbelieving tone one uses when meeting a hero in person. With a big smile, Harris said yes. The young woman gushed her admiration and they took a picture.

At last month’s Kennedy Center Honors, the Bidens neither greeted nor acknowledged Harris as they took their seats to a standing ovation. Jill Biden, Doug Emhoff and Kamala Harris held hands at ...

Vice President Harris will mark the final days of the Biden administration by signing her desk drawer in the ceremonial White House office Thursday afternoon, carrying on a tradition that began

In one of the viral media moments of the week, comedian Jon Stewart compared Vice President Kamala Harris presiding ... narrow election loss in 1960 to John F. Kennedy. Get all the stories you ...

WASHINGTON — With Donald Trump’s return to the White House only days away, Kamala Harris' staff packed into her ceremonial office to watch her sign the desk, a tradition performed by her ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff are heading back to California after the inauguration, a senior administration official confirmed Sunday. Harris, the official said ...

Once a supporter of Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, Joe Gebbia insists he’s now all in on MAGA and RFK, Jr.

(Getty Images via AFP) Twenty years earlier, after a much closer race, Republican Richard Nixon clasped John F. Kennedy's hand ... that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after ...

Twenty years earlier, after a much closer race, Republican Richard Nixon clasped John F. Kennedy’s hand and ... It’s a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after ...