Kamala Harris Sworn In As Vice President Of The United States

Kamala Harris was officially sworn in as the vice president of the United States shortly before noon on Wednesday ― a historic moment, especially for women of color across the country.

The former Democratic senator from California took the oath of office on Wednesday, alongside President Joe Biden, on an Inauguration Day that looked very different from previous ones thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and concerns about extremist right-wing riots.

Harris, with her hand placed on two Bibles held by her husband, Doug Emhoff, was sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Supreme Court.

Harris’ inauguration marks the first time that either a woman, a Black American or an Asian American has become vice president of the U.S. Born to Indian and Jamaican immigrant parents, she has called herself “a proud American” whose Black and Indian heritages “are of equal weight in terms of who I am.”