PeeCee feels proud as Kamala Harris selected as Joe Biden's running mate

Priyanka Chopra took to social media to express her happiness at the selection of Kamala Harris as the running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The United States has never had a female vice president, and the move comes four years after the country's first female presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, lost her White House bid.

Mumbai: Actor Priyanka Chopra precised her happiness on social media, as Indian origin US Senator Kamala Harris was chosen as the running mate for Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden.

The actor called it a historical and a transformational moment. She took to Instagram to write, "This is a historical, transformational, and proud moment for all women. All women of colour, all Black women, and all South Asian women. Congratulations @kamalaharris on becoming the first Black woman and FIRST PERSON of Indian descent to compete on a major U.S. party’s presidential ticket.#representationmatters PS: To my younger self - look how far we have come!"

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Kamala's selection is historic on many fronts - she is the first Asian-American on a major presidential ticket. She is now the first American of Indian and Asian descent to run for vice-president.

She is also the first African American of a major party and only the third woman yet to run for that office, after Democrat Geraldine Ferraro and Republican Sarah Palin.

Kamala comes from an impressive academic background - herself a graduate from Howard University, her mother is Chennai-born Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher, while her father Donald Harris, a Jamaican, taught at Stanford University.