Meet Kamala Harris’ Jewish husband, the first ever Second Gentleman
Doug Emhoff, who married Harris in 2014, will also be the first Jewish spouse of a US president or vice-president when she is sworn in early next year.
The first ever Second Gentleman of the United States will be the Jewish husband of Joe Biden’s vice-president Kamala Harris.
Doug Emhoff, who married Harris in 2014 after a 16-year marriage to a TV producer, will also be the first Jewish spouse of a US president or vice-president when Harris is sworn in early next year.
Harris, who has Indian and Jamaican heritage, will be the first woman, the first Black person and the first Asian American to be vice-president. She met Emhoff when a mutual friends set them up on a blind date.
An entertainment lawyer born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents, Emhoff, 56, is a partner at law firm DLA Piper in Los Angeles but took a leave of absence in August when Harris was confirmed as Biden’s running mate. Since then he has helped organise fundraising for the Biden-Harris ticket.
When Biden was confirmed as having won, it triggered columnists’ questions regarding Emhoff’s future title, with ‘Second Husband’ and ‘Second Spouse’ considered, before the team settled on ‘Second Gentleman.’
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