Kamala Devi Harris[a] (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United Statessince 2021, under President Joe Biden. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president.[4][5] A member of the Democratic Party, she was previously a U.S. senator from Californiafrom 2017 to 2021 and the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017.