Joe Biden [1] and Kamala Harris [2] were just named Time's 2020 Person (People?) of the Year [3], marking the first time the magazine has chosen a vice president for the honour. Time announced the news on Dec. 10, after revealing the shortlist [4] this morning, which included Donald Trump [5], frontline health care workers and Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the movement for racial justice. (While the Person of the Year is usually an individual, the magazine sometimes chooses a group of people who have made an impact on the country and world.) Last year, Greta Thunberg was the youngest person [6] to ever receive the distinction.

In an essay, editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal explained the president-elect and vice president-elect were chosen [7] "for changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, [and] for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world." He added, "In a year that saw an epic struggle for racial justice, and one of the most consequential elections in history, the Biden-Harris partnership sends a powerful message." Every elected president since FDR in 1934 has been named Time's Person of the Year. Check out Biden and Harris's full feature in Time.