TIME named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as its Person of the Year.
From the profile:
Biden had the vision, set the tone and topped the ticket. But he also recognized what he could not offer on his own, what a 78-year-old white man could never provide: generational change, a fresh perspective, and an embodiment of America’s diversity.
For that, he needed Kamala Harris: California Senator, former district attorney and state attorney general, a biracial child of immigrants whose charisma and tough questioning of Trump Administration officials electrified millions of Democrats.
The Vice President has never before been a woman, or Black, or Asian American. “I will be the first, but I will not be the last,” Harris says in a separate interview. “That’s about legacy, that’s about creating a pathway, that’s about leaving the door more open than it was when you walked in.”
In an age of tribalism, the union aims to demonstrate that differences don’t have to be divides.
Additionally, Dr. Anthony Fauci and frontline health workers were named 2020 Guardians of the Year along with Racial Justice Organizers.
Lebron James is the 2020 Athlete of the Year, Eric Yuan was named Businessman of the Year, and pop group BTS was honored as Entertainer of the Year,
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/o97QNlSBrl pic.twitter.com/KuoBoebBN4
— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2020
The Biden-Harris ticket represents something historic.
Person of the Year is not just about the year that was, but about where we’re headed #TIMEPOY https://t.co/H4uzUe8Pli pic.twitter.com/YMylCvbkZT
— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci is TIME’s 2020 Guardian of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/4rkVwyhYCO pic.twitter.com/V0bxaRjO9b
— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2020
This is going to drive Trump nuts…. pic.twitter.com/7EbZUD1asj
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 11, 2020
