Nov. 2, 2020: Sen. Kamala Harris addresses supporters at the drive- rally at Citizens Bank Park parking lot in Philadelphia, Penn.

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Kamala Harris through the years

Photo gallery of Kamala Harris and her rise to the vice presidency.

Nov. 2, 2020: Sen. Kamala Harris addresses supporters at a drive-in rally in Philadelphia. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Aug. 19, 2020: Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., waves to supporters on a video monitor after she spoke during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del.

Aug. 19, 2020: Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris waves to supporters on a video monitor after she spoke during the third day of the Democratic National Convention. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

Aug. 12, 2020: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., pass each other as Harris moves to the podium to speak during a campaign event at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del.

Aug. 12, 2020: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris pass each other as Harris moves up to speak during a campaign event at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

Jan. 21, 2020: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., waits for an elevator while arriving at the Capitol in Washington. President Donald Trump's impeachment trial quickly burst into a partisan fight Tuesday as proceedings began unfolding at the Capitol.

Jan. 21, 2020: Sen. Kamala Harris waits for an elevator at the Capitol as President Trump’s impeachment proceedings began unfolding. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

Oct. 28, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris talks with formerly incarcerated advocates during Justice Votes 2020, a presidential town hall, at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia, PA.

Oct. 28, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris talks with formerly incarcerated activists during Justice Votes 2020, a presidential town hall, at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia. (Jason E. Miczek / Associated Press)

Aug. 12, 2019: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at a rally in Davenport, Iowa.

Aug. 12, 2019: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at a rally in Davenport, Iowa. (John Locher / Associated Press)

July 31, 2019: Former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. participate in the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN in the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

July 31, 2019: Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris participate in the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN in Detroit. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press)

May 19, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris speaks about her campaign at her first campaign organizing event at Los Angeles Southwest College in Los Angeles.

May 19, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at her first campaign organizing event at Los Angeles Southwest College in Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

March 6, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of Customs and Border Protection's response to the smuggling of persons at the southern border in Washington.

March 6, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris listens during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of Customs and Border Protection’s response to the smuggling of persons at the southern border. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)

Feb. 18, 2021: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gestures as she speaks at a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H.

Feb. 18, 2021: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H. (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)

Jan. 15, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, speaks with her aides during a break from testimony from Attorney General nominee William Barr at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Jan. 15, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris speaks with her aides during a break in testimony from attorney general nominee William Barr at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)

Nov. 3, 2018: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, and California gubernatorial Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom applaud as they listen to Katie Porter, a congressional candidate for California's 45th District, during a campaign rally in Irvine.

Nov. 3, 2018: Sen. Kamala Harris and California gubernatorial Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom applaud Katie Porter, a congressional candidate for California’s 45th District, during a campaign rally in Irvine. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)

Oct. 22, 2018: U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., center, speaks to reporters following a get out the vote rally at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa.

Oct. 22, 2018: Sen. Kamala Harris speaks to reporters following a get-out-the-vote rally at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press)

Sept. 5, 2018: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, questions President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, in the evening of the second day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Sept. 5, 2018: Sen. Kamala Harris questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the evening of the second day of his confirmation hearing. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)

May 23, 2018: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., joins an women's advocacy group, MomsRising, to protest against threats by President Donald Trump against Central American asylum-seekers to separate children from their parents along the southwest border to deter migrants from crossing into the United States, at the Capitol in Washington.

May 23, 2018: Sen. Kamala Harris joins a women’s advocacy group, MomsRising, to protest President Trump’s family separation policy at the southern border. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)

Sept. 6, 2017: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., accompanied by members of the House and Senate Democrats, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate Democrats gather to call for Congressional Republicans to stand up to President Trump's decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative by bringing the DREAM Act for a vote on the House and Senate Floor.

Sept. 6, 2017: Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at a news conference in Capitol Hill as President Trump sought to terminate the Dream Act. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press)

June 7, 2017: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., reacts during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Washington. The nation's intelligence chiefs, facing questions from Congress one day before former FBI Director James Comey provides his first public account of the events leading up to his firing, declined to describe conversations with President Donald Trump but said they had not been directed to do anything they considered illegal or felt pressured to do so. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

June 7, 2017: Sen. Kamala Harris reacts during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)

Jan. 3, 2017: Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate oath of office to Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as her husband Douglas Emhoff, holds the Bible during a a mock swearing in ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Jan. 3, 2017: Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate oath of office to Sen. Kamala Harris as her husband, Douglas Emhoff, holds the Bible during a mock swearing-in ceremony. (Kevin Wolf / Associated Press)

April 25, 2016: Tom Del Beccaro, left, and Duf Sundheim, right, applaud as Democratic state Attorney General Kamala Harris is introduced during a U.S. Senate debate at The University of the Pacific in Stockton.

April 25, 2016: Tom Del Beccaro, left, and Duf Sundheim applaud as California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris is introduced during a U.S. Senate debate at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez / Associated Press)

Jan. 5, 2015: Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris is embraced by her husband, Douglas Emhoff, after taking the oath of office as state Supreme Court chief justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in Sacramento. Harris touted her fight against organized human trafficking after being sworn in to her second four-year term as California's top law enforcement official.

Jan. 5, 2015: California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris is embraced by her husband, Douglas Emhoff, after taking the oath of office for her second term. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

June 28, 2013: Sandy Stier, center left, and Kris Perry, at right, exchange wedding vows in front of California Attorney General Kamala Harris, left, at City Hall in San Francisco. Stier and Perry, the lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban, tied the knot about an hour after a federal appeals court freed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

June 28, 2013: Sandy Stier and Kris Perry, the lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, exchange vows in front of California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris in San Francisco. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

May 7, 2013: CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow, second from left, and Attorney General Kamala Harris, place a wreath honoring those CHP officers killed in the line of duty on the CHP Memorial as Gov. Jerry Brown, right, looks on during ceremonies at the CHP academy in West Sacramento.

May 7, 2013: CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow and California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris place a wreath honoring California Highway Patrol officers killed in the line of duty, during a ceremony at the CHP academy in West Sacramento. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

April 13, 2013: Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris smiles as she walks on stage to address delegates to the 2013 Democratic Party state convention in Sacramento.

April 13, 2013: California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris walks on stage to address delegates to the 2013 state Democratic Party convention in Sacramento. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

July 11, 2012: Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown is applauded as he signs into law the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, with California Attorney General, Kamala Harris, third from left, in Los Angeles. California legislators, from left : Sen Darrell Steinberg, President Pro Temporare, Harris, Asm. Mike Eng, Asm. Mike Eng, Asm. Mike Feuer, and Maria Cabildo, president East LA Community Corp.

July 11, 2012: Gov. Jerry Brown is applauded by state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris and other officials as he signs the California Homeowner Bill of Rights. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)

Aug. 31, 2011: UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu right, shake hands with Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris, left, as Chief Justice of California Tani Cantil-Sakauye, and Presiding Justice Joan Dempsey Klein, of the Count of Appeal, look on after he was confirmed as Associate Justice by a three member appointment board of the Commission on Judicial Appointments in San Francisco.

Aug. 31, 2011: UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu shakes hands with California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris after his confirmation as associate justice in San Francisco. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)

Feb. 17, 2011: President Barack Obama walks along the tarmac with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, center and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, after Obama arrived on Air Force One in San Francisco.

Feb. 17, 2011: President Obama walks along the tarmac with California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom after landing in San Francisco. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

June 17, 2009: San Francisco district attorney Kamala Harris, left, applauds as new police chief George Gascon, at podium, is introduced by Mayor Gavin Newsom, right, at City Hall in San Francisco.

June 17, 2009: San Francisco Dist. Atty. Kamala Harris applauds as new Police Chief George Gascon, at podium, is introduced by Mayor Gavin Newsom, right, at City Hall in San Francisco. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Nov. 30, 2010: Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris gives her first news conference in Los Angeles.

Nov. 30, 2010: California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris gives her first news conference in Los Angeles. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)

Nov. 12, 2008: San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, center, signs election papers at city hall in San Francisco. The 44-year-old Harris, whose biracial background makes her both California's first female African American district attorney and the nation's first Indian American district attorney, has announced this morning that she is ready to make a run for California attorney general, the top law enforcement officer in the nation's most populous state.

Nov. 12, 2008: San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris signs election papers at City Hall after announcing her run for state attorney general. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)

Nov. 27, 2003: San Francisco district attorney candidate Kamala Harris, left, serves lunch while volunteering at Thanksgiving service at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco

Nov. 27, 2003: San Francisco district attorney candidate Kamala Harris serves lunch while volunteering at Thanksgiving service at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)