After leaving the vice presidency, Kamala Harris returned to her home state of California. She visited wildfire first responders and helped with food distribution at World Central Kitchen, demonstrating her dedication to community and crisis response.

After President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, former Vice President Kamala Harris traveled back to California on a flight operated by an all-female U.S. Air Force crew.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greet Vice President-elect, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Usha Vance ahead of Inauguration ceremonies, at the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.

At 60 years old, Harris is still young in a political world where the last two presidents have set records as the oldest ever elected.

White House photographer Lawrence Jackson has been covering Kamala Harris for the past four years. His images have helped shape how the world sees her.

After the inauguration of Donald Trump, his 2024 Democratic opponent and the first woman VP headed back to California on a Boeing C-32 flown by an all-female crew—marking a military first.

Harris, born in Oakland, California, in 1964, is a natural-born U.S. citizen under the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

Harris and former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff met with Los Angeles County firefighters and volunteers distributing free meals in Altadena.