Former Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Chosen By Joe Biden As 2020 Running Mate 

Ever since potential 2020 Presidential candidate had pledged in March 2020 that he would choose a woman as his running mate for the elections, there have been fervent speculations regarding it. Biden has finally ended the wait and announced that California Sen. Kamala Harris is going to be his running mate, which makes the 55-year-old the first Black woman and first Indian-American on either major party's presidential ticket.

"I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate," he tweeted.

The announcement makes Harris the fourth woman on a major presidential ticket. Before her, it was Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in 2008, and Hillary Clinton, a Democratic presidential nominee, in 2016.

There has been much discussion around who would Biden choose after he followed his March declaration with an announcement in July that the potential candidates are four Black women.

Harris — a former prosecutor- was running her own presidential election campaign last year. Even though she witnessed a brief polling surge in July 2019, it was only for a short time and by December she dropped out, citing a lack of funds.

But even though she had suspended her campaign, Harris vowed to "do everything in my power to defeat Donald Trump and fight for the future of our country and the best of who we are” and proceeded to endorse Biden in March 2020.

Responding to Biden’s tweet, Harris posted how he "can unify the American people because he's spent his life fighting for us. And as president, he'll build an America that lives up to our ideals."

"I'm honoured to join him as our party's nominee for Vice President, and do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief," she added.

“I think it’s really important for America to just have further evidence of the breadth and depth of what women are and what we can do," Harris had said in an interview.

“Each woman who breaks a barrier and expands the minds of people in terms of what’s possible and what that looks like, they do our country a great service,” Harris added. “I certainly do think about it that way.”