Neither side has been able to produce concrete evidence to substantiate whether Ms Harris did or did not work at the Central Avenue restaurant in Alameda in the summer of 1983.
But it’s Trump’s rhetoric which has received the most air time.
Similar happened when Ms Harris was accused of plagiarism when it emerged sections of a book on crime were allegedly copied from various sources, including Wikipedia.
The Harris campaign said the allegations were a result of Right-wing “operatives”, but it was nonetheless damaging for her claims of integrity.
When slinging mud, Trump has sought to target the priorities of the American voter – the economy and immigration.
The Republican has used the rising cost-of-living between his last administration and under Mr Biden to burnish his credentials on the economy.
The same goes for the contrasting immigration records at the country’s southern border.
Some polling suggests Trump is leading Ms Harris on the question of how to tackle the migration crisis in the swing state of Wisconsin.
The more the Republican can make the mud stick on key issues, the more chance he’ll have of emerging from the Nov 5 election victorious.
But for the students at Howard, the final result could be decided on far less than each candidates’ policies.
“There are so many people who are against Kamala because she’s a woman, because she’s black,” Miss Canady said.
“She’s a woman, and I know this gets brought up a lot, but she is a woman and that’s definitely not something we have seen before,” Mr Millian added, “I think you can’t underestimate what that means for some voters.”
