US election 2024: Kamala Harris knows her jazz – why this could count with voters

Since Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic Party nominee to go head-to-head with Donald Trump in November’s presidential election, interest in the US vice-president has skyrocketed. Where’s she from, what’s her background, what sort of food does she eat, what are her tastes in books, films and music? So it’s no surprise that a video showing Harris emerging from a record store in Washington DC has recently gained massive traction on social media. The footage, taken in May 2023, shows her engaging with journalists while displaying and talking about the records she had purchased. This video clip was notably shared and reposted among the European jazz community – not people you’d necessarily think would be hugely interested in the musical tastes of US presidential candidates.