Kamala Harris, 55, has become the first black woman on a major presidential ticket in US history after democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden named the California senator as his VP pick.
From her punishing cross-examinations of Trump officials to previous clashes with Biden over racism, we look back at Harris’s key moments in politics
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