Kamala Harris first woman to get US presidential powers briefly. Here's why

US President Joe Biden will transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris for a brief time while he is under anesthesia, as per the White House.

President Joe Biden will transfer power briefly to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, making her the first woman to hold presidential power in US history.

Biden is undergoing his annual physical at the Walter Reed military hospital outside of Washington. Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States; no woman has ever been president in the country's nearly 250-year history.