Who is Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris?

As the calls for Pres­i­dent Joe Biden to drop out of the pres­i­den­tial race grow loud­er, Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris has emerged as the president’s most like­ly replace­ment at the top of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic tick­et.
Sev­en­ty-nine per­cent of Democ­rats say they would approve of Har­ris becom­ing the nom­i­nee if Biden steps aside, accord­ing to a poll released yes­ter­day.
Here are a few things to know about the vice pres­i­dent and for­mer Cal­i­for­nia sen­a­tor.
Age
Har­ris was born on Oct. 20, 1964. She is 59 years old.
Home­town
Har­ris was born in Oak­land, Cal­i­for­nia, and spent her child­hood in Berke­ley before mov­ing to Mon­tre­al, Que­bec, when she was 12.
Edu­ca­tion
Har­ris grad­u­at­ed from West­mount High School in Que­bec in 1981. She earned her bachelor’s degree in polit­i­cal sci­ence and eco­nom­ics at Howard Uni­ver­si­ty in 1986 and a law degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia Hast­ings Col­lege of Law in 1989.
Reli­gion
Har­ris iden­ti­fies as a Bap­tist. She grew up in an inter­faith house­ho …