Biden’s running mate selection carried added significance because he will be the oldest president ever inaugurated, at 78, and hasn’t committed to seeking a second term in 2024.
Harris often framed her candidacy as part of the legacy — often undervalued — of pioneering black women who came before her, including educator Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and Democrat Shirley Chisholm, the first black candidate to seek a major party’s presidential nomination, in 1972.
“We’re not often taught their stories,” Harris said in August as she accepted her…
