Los Angeles, United States.
At the same time that Kamala Harris Wednesday became the first female vice president of the United States, her husband, Douglas Emhoff, also came first in the history books at the start of his career “second knightof the country in the 232 years of American democracy.
Emhoff (1964), an expert entertainment lawyer, was born and raised in Brooklyn (New York) until he was 17 years old, after which he moved with his family to California, a state that has been his home from then until today. Washington DC.
On the west coast, he graduated from the University of Southern California School of Law, married his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff, had two children, Cole and Ella, he worked in various law firms until he became a partner at DLA Piper and in 2013, after his divorce, met his current wife, Kamala Harris.
A “blind date” that ended in marriage
The brand new US vice president took the advice of a good friend to meet Emhoff for the first time at a “Blind datewhen she was the attorney general of California, according to what they have told several times in interviews about the beginning of their relationship.
According to his account, Emhoff took the initiative after that first meeting and Harris emailed with a list of all available dates in her calendar to keep seeing her and with the message: “I want to see if we can make this work“.
Emhoff himself wrote about that first date in an article published in GQ magazine on Tuesday: “The moment I met Kamala I knew I was in love Not just because of who she is, the warm, fun, and compassionate woman who is the foundation of our family, but also because of the deep determination with which she fights for the causes she believes in. “
And it worked, because a year after that first date they decided to get married in a ceremony. “super intimateHarris said in a court in Santa Barbara, California.
After the wedding, Harris officially became the stepmother of Cole and Ella, who now refer to her as “dry“, a play on words between the word” mother “and Kamala.
He quit his job to focus on his new role
Six years after their marriage Harris was chosen by the now president, Joe Biden, as his running mate for the election, and Emhoff decided to “temporarily” leave his position at the major entertainment and intellectual property law firm, where he has clients such as the footballer. Willie Gault and companies like Merck and Walmart, according to Oprah Magazine.
After the election victory in November Emhoff announced that, effective today, January 20, he would be leaving his workplace permanently with the Biden and Harris takeover as new American leaders
In this way, Emhoff you can concentrate on your new role first “second knight“of history, a position from which he hopes to have an impact and instill confidence” in the country’s institutions and abroad, “his article in GQ said.
In addition to his official position, the New Yorker will also teach law at the Georgetown University, in Washington, one of the most prestigious in the country.
“I may be the first ‘second gentleman,’ but I know I won’t be the last,” he said.