Who is Kamala Harris' husband? Sweet nickname, high-flying job and grown-up kids

Kamala Harris has been joined to the country's archetypal First Gentlement since 2014, and contempt not having children of their own, she is simply a arrogant stepmother to his 2 'talented' children

Kamala Harris' emergence to the apical heralded a bid of firsts - and present her hubby could beryllium the archetypal First Gentleman of the White House.

The US president, who is hoping to beryllium elected successful the US Election 2024, would beryllium the country's first-ever pistillate president. It comes aft Kamala became the archetypal pistillate Vice President and the archetypal pistillate of colour successful the position.

Along the way, she has been supported by her hubby Douglas Emhoff, whom she joined successful 2014 arsenic then-Senator. As good arsenic being the archetypal Jewish spouse of an American vice-president, Douglas, 60, carved retired a palmy vocation of his own, with a blistery changeable presumption arsenic a apical US lawyer.

The father-of-two began arsenic an amusement lawyer earlier becoming managing manager of Venable's West Coast offices and aboriginal a spouse astatine DLA Piper, wherever helium earned $1.2million a year, according to reports. Once it was announced that his woman was backing Joe Biden successful the 2020 US statesmanlike election, Douglas took a permission of lack from the firm. He is besides a distinguished visiting prof astatine Georgetown University Law Center.

It appears Douglas has taken connected his duties with pride, and adjacent called himself a "wife guy" - a slang word referring to a antheral who is exceptionally supportive of his woman and her vocation - connected Twitter successful 2020. During his relation arsenic the archetypal Second Gentleman, helium focused connected adjacent entree to justness and ineligible representation.

The mates met aft being introduced by a person and they instantly deed it off. In her 2019 memoir The Truths We Hold, Kamala opened up astir the relatable mode she and Doug first locked eyes - done a bully old-fashioned unsighted date. And similar galore singletons, the then-attorney wide of California couldn't defy carrying retired a spot of all-important inheritance probe beforehand.

Kamala revealed that backmost successful 2013, a person of hers had told her she was mounting her up with a 'cute' antheral who lived successful LA - but gave her 1 strict instruction. Recalling her pal's connection of warning, Kamala shared: "'His sanction is Doug Emhoff, but committedness maine you won't Google him. Don't overthink it. Just conscionable him. I already gave him your number. He's going to scope out'."

However, arsenic Kamala aboriginal admitted successful a 2021 interview, she couldn't assistance but find retired much astir the enigma man. In quality that amazed Doug during a couple's interrogation with CBS News, Kamala said: "My champion person acceptable america up connected a unsighted date. And she said, 'Just spot me. Just spot me. Just don't … You know, she wanted maine to conscionable benignant of spell into it, and she said, 'Don't Google him'. I did!"

Although the joined duo don't person children of their own, Kamala is stepmother to Doug's kids - Cole, 29, and Ella, 24. She is adjacent bully friends with their mother, Doug's ex-wife Kerstin Emhoff, and has said that being 'Momala' to her stepchildren is the relation 'that means the most' to her.

In an interrogation with Elle successful 2019, she explained wherefore she has her ain sanction for being their stepmother. "When Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn't similar the word 'stepmom'. Instead they came up with the sanction 'Momala'".

Kamala described the 2 arsenic "talented and funny" who person present grown to beryllium "remarkable adults." Writing successful an Elle idiosyncratic effort successful 2019, she penned: "I was already hooked connected Doug, but I judge it was Cole and Ella who reeled maine in."

Cole, who works for accumulation institution Plan B Entertainment, which is co-founded by Brad Pitt, joined his semipermanent woman past October. His stepmum officiated the ceremony, with her telling PEOPLE: "It was truthful fantastic that the kids asked maine to bash it.

"For us, we deliberation of matrimony arsenic being not conscionable betwixt these 2 people, but the coming unneurotic of families. So it was precise overmuch with that tone that we each participated." Meanwhile, stepdaughter Ella has moved into the manner industry.

She started arsenic a exemplary with IMG Models Worldwide successful January 2021 and the pursuing year, announced she was creating her ain knitwear range. In 2022, Ella, who teaches others however to knit successful New York, was named arsenic 1 of Harper's Bazaar's icons of the twelvemonth for her interaction connected fashion.