Personal ties: Harris' family in India where COVID rages

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, Indian villagers gather outside a local eatery next to a banner featuring Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with a message wishing her best, in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. A tiny village in a remote part of South India is gearing up for celebrations ahead of Kamala Harris' inauguration as the first female vice president of the United States. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, a villager points out the name of Kamala Harris written in Tamil language and the amount she donated for the renovation of temple through her relative, in Thulasendrapuram village, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. The lush green village is the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather who migrated from there decades ago. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, Vice President Kamala Harris' maternal uncle, Balachandran Gopalan, talks to media outside his house, in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, a child reacts as villagers hold placards featuring Vice President Kamala Harris after participating in special prayers ahead of the inauguration, outside a Hindu temple in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, villagers release firecrackers and hold placards featuring Vice President Kamala Harris after her inauguration, in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2004, file photo, San Francisco's new district attorney, Kamala Harris, right, receives the oath of office from California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George, left, during inauguration ceremonies Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, in San Francisco, as Harris' mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, holds a copy of "The Bill of Rights." (AP Photo/George Nikitin, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2017, file photo, then-Vice President Joe Biden, center, ducks down so all of the family of then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., second from right, can be seen for a group photo during a mock swearing in ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)