MONTREAL — U.S. President Joe Biden is stepping aside as the Democratic candidate in that country’s November election and throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris — a Montreal-area high school graduate who spent several years in the city.

Here’s what to know about her Canadian connections.

Before she became America’s first female, first Black, and first South Asian vice president-elect, Harris spent several years in Montreal, where she attended Westmount High School from 1978 to 1981.