Veep creator Armando Iannucci knows that the comparisons between Selina Meyer (Julia Louis Dreyfuss) and Kamala Harris are inevitable, but that doesn’t mean he agrees. When United States President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the election on July 21, Vice President Kamala Harris was quickly thrust into the spotlight. While a democratic nominee to replace Biden has not been announced, it’s speculated that Harris will take that spot. Despite the BIG glaring similarity – Kamala Harris is the first female Vice President, just as Selina Meyer was in Veep – Iannucci wants to be clear that the character was not “modeled on Harris.” Speaking with the Guardian, Iannucci shared: