Kamala Harris first lady to get US presidential powers briefly. Here’s why

US President Joe Biden will switch energy to Vice President Kamala Harris for a quick time whereas he’s underneath anesthesia, as per the White House. U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris. (Photo: Reuters)President Joe Biden will switch energy briefly to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday whereas he’s underneath anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, making her the primary lady to carry presidential energy in US historical past.

Biden is present process his annual bodily on the Walter Reed army hospital exterior of Washington. Harris is the primary lady to function vice chairman of the United States; no lady has ever been president within the nation’s practically 250-year historical past.”Following the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the Vice President for the brief period of time when he is under anesthesia,” White House spokesperson Jen Psaki mentioned in an announcement.”The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during this time,” Psaki mentioned.ALSO READ: We are contemplating diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics in Beijing: US President BidenPresidential energy has been transferred to the vice chairman earlier than, when President George W. Bush had colonoscopies in 2002 and 2007.Biden, who turns 79 on Saturday, is the oldest individual to take workplace as US president. Although hypothesis has continued about whether or not he’ll run for re-election in 2024, he has mentioned he expects to hunt a second four-year time period alongside Harris.Biden has pledged to be extra clear about his well being than predecessor Donald Trump. The Republican visited Walter Reed in 2019 for an undisclosed motive {that a} former press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, later revealed was for a colonoscopy.ALSO READ: Companies bid $192 million in first Gulf oil sale underneath BidenClick on right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.