US Vice President Kamala Harris makes her way to board a plane before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on June 14, 2021. [AFP]For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the US presidency. Despite blazing a trail as the first woman, ="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/america/article/2001499371/joe-biden-drops-out-of-2024-election-race-endorses-kamala-harris">Black and South Asian vice president< in the nation's history, the 59-year-old Democrat long struggled with approval ratings as bad or worse than President Joe Biden's. Harris has won praise in party circles by staying loyal to the 81-year-old president even as political vultures began circling his candidacy. If elected, Harris would break one of the highest glass ceilings left for women in the United States -- that of occupying the country's top office.
