History was made Friday when President Joe Biden temporarily transferred presidential power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he was under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy for 85 minutes, according to a White House statement made by Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
Harris is the nation’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president. On Friday, even if just temporarily, she also became the nation’s first acting female president.
It was Biden’s first routine annual physical since taking office. He turns 79 on Saturday.