She Dated A Powerful Politician

During the mid-’90s, Harris became romantically involved with Willie Brown, who would later become San Francisco’s first African-American mayor. When they were dating, he was a member of the California State Assembly, and she was a prosecutor.

Brown was 60 years old, while Harris was 29 years old when they started dating. He appointed her to two state commissions, which reportedly paid her an added $80,000 apart from her salary as a prosecutor. This past relationship was used against her during her vice-presidential campaign after Facebook posts spread misleading information about the former couple.