Kamala Harris to play central role when she becomes first woman vice president

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (Matt Slocum/AP)

Kamala Harris will make history when she becomes the US’s first female vice president — and the first black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office.

With the confluence of crises confronting Joe Biden’s administration, and an evenly divided Senate in which she would deliver the tie-breaking vote, Ms Harris is shaping up to be a central player in addressing everything from the coronavirus pandemic to criminal justice reform.