Biden, Harris first Democratic candidates since 1984 not Ivy League grads - Business Insider

Biden tapping Kamala Harris to be his VP means the Democratic ticket does not have an Ivy League grad for the first time since 1984

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of the second night of the second 2020 presidential Democratic candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019.2020 will mark the first time since 1984 that the Democratic ticket did not include a graduate of an Ivy League university.

Harris will be the first woman of color and the first graduate of historically black colleges and universities to be nominated by either major party for vice president.picked Sen. Kamala Harris of CaliforniaHarris's selection is historic. The California senator is biracial — she's the daughter of an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father.

But the 2020 Democratic ticket is also historic in another way. For the first time since 1984, both of the candidates on the ticket did not go to an Ivy League university.

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