After leaving the vice presidency, Kamala Harris returned to her home state of California. She visited wildfire first responders and helped with food distribution at World Central Kitchen, demonstrating her dedication to community and crisis response.

Harris attended a customary stop on President Donald Trump's second Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, greeting the incoming President, Vice President, and their spouses at the White House alongside outgoing President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. (The event precedes the formal inauguration ceremony, to be held inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda.)

U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrive to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.

White House photographer Lawrence Jackson has been covering Kamala Harris for the past four years. His images have helped shape how the world sees her.

At 60 years old, Harris is still young in a political world where the last two presidents have set records as the oldest ever elected.

Kamala Harris is expected to attend the inauguration ceremony, as is customary for outgoing vice presidents. Harris reportedly declined to give Vice President-elect JD Vance a tour of the vice president’s residence at the Naval Station in Washington,

Kamala Harris left D.C. on a historic flight with an all-female Air Force crew for Los Angeles to support wildfire victims after Donald Trump inauguration.