President Joe Biden will name Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, replacing retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer with a jurist who would become the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court in its 233-year history, according to a source familiar with the process. Jackson, a 51-year-old federal appeals court judge in Washington, D.C., has long been considered a frontrunner for the president’s first Supreme Court nomination. Even though Jackson's ascension will not change the court’s ideological balance, her nomination is nevertheless historic. Biden first pledged to name a Black woman just before the 2020 presidential primary in South Carolina. The current Supreme Court includes two white women, Associate Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett; a Hispanic woman, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor; and a Black man, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Assuming Biden's nominee is confirmed, it would be the first time two African Americans are serving on the court. It would also mark the first time four women are seated on the high court together – including all three members of the court's liberal bloc. Read more about Jackson’s historic nomination through the link in bio!