Vice President of the United States

Candidates, key states, funding… Here are some numbers for the US presidential election, which will be held on November 5.

Former US President Barack Obama is set to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, in the lead-up to the election on November 5. According to Reuters, this information comes from the Washington Post, which cites a senior member of Harris's team.

Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to look into Vice President Harris' foreign policy track record, and break down what Greece and Cyprus should expect in the event that Kamala Harris is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. 

Kamala Harris is expected to announce the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, putting an end to a series of speculations regarding the choice of the person who may become the party’s future leader.

Those with any interest in American elections should pay particular attention to our 2024 presidential election. It is shaping up to be different than 70% of post-WWII elections in our two-party democratic system. Our elections usually present a choice between the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party and the nominee of the Republican Party.

A legal dispute involving the government's attempt to prevent a far-right political party from running in the general election scheduled for next month led to the resignation of a vice president of Greece's Supreme Court on Monday. 

Classified documents have been found at former US Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, The Hill reported on Tuesday citing officials.

At present, US President Joe Biden is also facing a surge in criticism over classified documents. The classified documents were found at Biden's Delaware home and his old office in Washington DC.

No matter how the presidential election ends, the next Bulgarian vice president will be a woman again.

Out of 24 candidacies in the presidential elections, a total of 13 consist of a male presidential candidate and a female vice-presidential candidate. This also applies to the leaders in the race.

By comparison, there were only two female vice presidential candidates in 2016.

Turkey's U.S. ambassador congratulated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their inauguration on Jan. 20.

President Klaus Iohannis offered congratulations to US incoming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. "Congratulations to President Joe Biden and to Vice President Kamala Harris.