The oath of office of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be taken by Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor

The elected vice president Kamala Harris will be sworn in next Wednesday to the Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor, As revealed by an assistant to the official in American media.

The ABC News source has indicated that Harris was inspired by the background of Judge Sotomayor who, like Harris, acted as a prosecutor before reaching the high forum. Sotomayor is the first Latin al United States Supreme Court and is identified as Puerto Rican.

The media indicated that Harris will be sworn into office using two Bibles, one that belonged to the late Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall, and another that belonged to Regina Shelton, a woman who was like a second mother. by Harris and his sister.

On Marshall, the vice president-elect has often said it was one of the inspirations of her legal career.

On November 7, Kamala Harris, 56, made history by becoming the first black woman elected vice president of the United States, while breaking down barriers that have allowed the entrenchment of men – mostly white – in the highest spheres of American politics for more than two centuries.

Previously, she was the second black woman to win a seat in the federal Senate.