US President Joe Biden is billed to transfer power to
Vice-President Kamala Harris on Friday while he is placed under anaesthesia for
a routine colonoscopy.
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, announced the
development in a statement on Friday.
While the procedure lasts, Harris will temporarily take
control of the US military and nuclear weapons.
Harris will become the first woman to exercise presidential
power in the US.
A colonoscopy usually lasts between 15 to 60 minutes, and is
typically without complications.
“The vice-president will work from her office in the West
Wing during this time,” Psaki said.
In November 2020, Harris was elected the first female, first
black female, and first South Asian vice-president of the US.
She was the first African-American woman to serve as San
Francisco’s district attorney, the first woman of colour to serve as her
state’s attorney-general, and the first woman of colour to serve California in
the US senate.
“Here’s the thing: every office I’ve run for I was the first
to win. First person of colour. First woman. First woman of colour. Every
time,” Harris told The New Yorker in a 2019 interview.
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