Kamala Harris trivia | 35 facts about the first woman Vice President of the US

Kamala Harris is the first woman, the first woman of color and the first person of Asian decent to hold the position of Vice President-elect.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about her life and career thus far.

1. Her full name is Kamala Devi Harris
2. She born on October 20, 1964
3. She is an American politician and attorney
4. She is the vice president-elect of the United States
5. A member of the Democratic Party
6. She is set to assume office on January 20, 2021, alongside president-elect Joe Biden, having defeated incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the 2020 presidential election
7. Harris has served as the junior United States senator from California since 2017
8. Harris will be the first Asian-American, the first African-American, and the first female vice president in U.S. history
9. She is the highest-ranking female elected official in United States history
10. Harris is a Multiracial American
11. She was born in Oakland, California
12. Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law
13. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office
14. Before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
15. Later, she was recruited to the City Attorney of San Francisco’s office
16. In 2003, she was elected district attorney of San Francisco
17. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010
18. She was re-elected in the same position in 2014
19. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate
20. As a senator, she has advocated for healthcare reform, federal descheduling of cannabis, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, and progressive tax reform
21. She gained a national profile for her pointed questioning of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings
22. Including Trump’s second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault
23. Harris ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination
24. She attracted national attention before ending her campaign on December 3, 2019
25. She was announced as Biden’s running mate on August 11, 2020
26. On November 7, 2020, the race was called in favor of the Biden-Harris ticket
27. She will be the second vice president of significant non-European ancestry, following Charles Curtis, who served from 1929 to 1933 alongside President Herbert Hoover
28. Harris married attorney Douglas Emhoff, who was at one time partner-in-charge at Venable LLP’s Los Angeles office
29. They were married on August 22, 2014, in Santa Barbara, California
30. Harris is a stepmother to Emhoff’s two children from his previous marriage to the film producer Kerstin Emhoff
31. As of August 2019, Harris and her husband had an estimated net worth of $5.8 million
32. She is a Baptist Christian, holding membership of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, a congregation of the American Baptist Churches USA
33. Harris’s sister, Maya Harris, is a lawyer and MSNBC political analyst
34. Her brother-in-law, Tony West, is general counsel of Uber and a former United States Department of Justice senior official
35. Her niece, Meena Harris, is the founder of the Phenomenal Women Action Campaign and former head of strategy and leadership at Uber