CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris will acknowledge her quick promotion to the top of the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket, retelling her origin story to contrast herself with former President Donald Trump on policy and personality during her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

“America, the path that led me here in recent weeks was no doubt unexpected,” Harris will say Thursday in the United Center, according to excerpts of her prepared remarks obtained by the Washington Examiner. “But I’m no stranger to unlikely journeys.”