Joe Biden’s US Supreme Court nominee will face the Senate judiciary committee as a hearing begins to vet the appeals court judge who could become the first black woman to sit on America’s highest court.

Ketanji Brown Jackson will be questioned by the committee’s 22 members during the course of the hearing, which is expected to start with opening statements on Monday and conclude by Thursday. After the committee votes on whether to advance her nomination, the full Senate will render its final verdict on whether she will fill the lifetime seat vacated by Stephen Breyer.

The White House last week said Jackson had met 44 Republican and Democratic senators, including the full judiciary committee, in a number of conversations Supreme Court nominees typically hold ahead of their confirmation hearings. The American Bar Association’s federal judiciary committee deemed her “well qualified” to serve on the court, its highest rating.