Kamala Harris' historic vice presidency
Harris participates in a virtual event for National Vaccine Month of Action at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI
Harris holds a roundtable meeting marking Pride Month in her office on June 23, 2021. The next day, she and President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of senators to
pass a major infrastructure package. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Harris delivers remarks during a meeting with Democratic Texas state lawmakers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 16, 2021. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI
Harris announces the
disbursement of nearly $1.25 billion for Community Development Financial Institutions, via the Rapid Recovery Program, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on June 15, 2021. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff (L) and Harris
walk in the Capital Pride Celebration in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2021. Emhoff's new role is also the first, as husband of a vice president. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI
Kristen Clarke (L) hugs her mom, Pansy Clarke, after Harris swore her in
as the first Black woman to lead the Department of Justice's civil rights division in Washington, D.C., on May 25, 2021. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI
Harris
delivers the keynote address at the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Unity Summit at the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 19, 2021. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI
Harris delivers remarks during the inaugural meeting of the Worker Organizing and Empowerment Task Force, formed to mobilize policies and programs to provide workers the opportunity to organize and collectively bargain with their employers, at the Vice President's Ceremonial Office on May 13, 2021. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI
Harris (L) and Biden depart after he gave remarks on the new COVID-19 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mask guidelines in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 13, 2021. A few days later, the pair and their spouses all
released their tax returns. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI
Biden delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress two days before his
100th day in office at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L), D-Calif., and Harris sit behind Biden,
the first time in history that two women are sitting on the dais behind the president. Pool Photo by Chip Somodevilla/UPI
Harris
speaks about ex-officer Derek Chauvin's
conviction for the murder of George Floyd, as Biden looks on at the White House on April, 20, 2021. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI
Biden (C) speaks as Harris (L) listens during a meeting with the congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus executive committee, including Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., from bottom left, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., in the Oval Office on April 15, 2021. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI
Harris speaks during a virtual meeting about
the migration crisis, in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office on April 14, 2021. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI
Harris pays respects to slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans as
he lies in honor at the U.S. Capitol on April 13, 2021. Pool Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/UPI
Harris (L) and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice listen during a roundtable discussion on Black maternal health in the South Court Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2021. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI
Harris talks to member of the U.S. Navy as they prepare Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination center in Jacksonville, Fla., on March 22, 2021. The following day, Lifetime announced that the
vice president would be interviewed for the one-hour TV special "Women Making History." Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Harris walks to board Air Force Two at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Ga., on March 19, 2021, after visiting the CDC to meet with Asian American community leaders and lawmakers
in the wake of shootings in Atlanta that left eight dead. The victims were Asian women. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Harris (R) participates in the ceremonial swearing-in of Debra Haaland (L), with her daughter Somah Haaland and family members, as secretary of the interior, the
first Native American person to serve as a presidential Cabinet secretary, in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office on March, 18 2021. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI
Harris hosts Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin during a virtual bilateral meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office
on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2021. In the background is a bust of Frederick Douglas, who visited Ireland in the 1840s. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Harris delivers remarks at Biden's Combatant Commander nomination event for Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost and Army Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson in the East Room at the White House on March 8, 2021. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Harris
participates in a small-business roundtable at Fiber Space, a woman-owned boutique yarn and fabric store, with small business employees and community leaders to talk about the impacts of the Biden administration's American Rescue Plan, in Alexandria, Va., on March 3, 2021. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Harris watches as Dr. Linval Matthews administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Brenda Thompson during a visit to a vaccination facility in Washington, D.C., in an effort to support
the administration's plan to promote vaccinations in areas hit hard by the virus, on February 25, 2021. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI
Harris is seen on a video control panel as she meets in a virtual roundtable with women leaders in Congress and advocacy organizations on the American Rescue Plan at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 18, 2021. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Harris delivers coffee and cookies to healthcare workers to show support and thanks at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on February 13, 2021. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Harris (L) and Biden
speak during a meeting with the chairs of House committees working on the American Rescue Plan, in the Oval Office on February 5, 2021. Pool Photo by Stefani Reynolds/UPI
Biden signs executive actions strengthening Americans' access to quality, affordable healthcare alongside Harris
while maintaining social distancing in the Oval Office on January 26, 2021. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (C), joined by her husband, George Akerlof, and her son Robert, is sworn-in by Harris at the White House on January 26, 2021. Yellen is the
first woman to serve as treasury secretary. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI
Harris (L) and Biden take the stage after Biden defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th president in Wilmington, Del., on November 7, 2020. Harris
posted a video on Twitter after their victory saying, "We did it. We did it, Joe!" Pool Photo by Andrew Harnik/UPI