The New York Times profiles the vice president, Kamala Harris, and her quest to “make the case for herself”: The presidential election is now just a little over a year away, and with most polls declaring the race a near-tie, a lot of eyes are on the Democratic ticket.

President Biden is almost certain to once again be the Democratic nominee, and he has been clear that Kamala Harris will be his running mate. Despite all kinds of weird rumors and conspiracy theories, it is not possible that the party will be able to “switch out” Biden and replace him with a different candidate at the last minute, especially with the filing deadline to be included on the ballots in all 50 states.

So, Biden and Harris, it will be. And this week, the New York Times ran a profile of Harris. The thesis of the piece, authored by Times reporter and longtime Kamala Harris chronicler Astead W. Herndon, is that “the vice president is still struggling to make the case for herself — and feels she shouldn’t have to.”