Los Angeles, United States.
At the same time that Kamala Harris became this Wednesday the first female vice president of the United States, her husband, Douglas Emhoff, He also went down in the history books when he started his journey as a first “second knight“Country in the 232 Years of American Democracy.
Emhoff (1964), an entertainment lawyer, was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York until the age of 17, when he moved with his family to California, a state that has been his home ever since. and until today Washington dc.
On the West Coast he graduated from the University of Southern California Law School, married his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff, had two children, Cole and Ella, Worked in various law firms until becoming a partner of DLA Piper and in 2013, after divorcing, he met his current wife, Kamala Harris.
A “blind date” that ended in marriage
The fledgling U.S. vice president accepted the advice of a close friend to stay with Emhoff for the first time in a “blind date“When she was the Attorney General of California, as the two have explained several times in interviews about the beginning of their relationship.
According to his account, Emhoff took the initiative after this first meeting and sent an email to Harris with a list of all available dates on your calendar to continue to see with her and the message: “I want to see if we can make this work“.
Emhoff himself wrote about this first quote in an article published this Tuesday in GQ magazine: “At the time I met Kamala i knew i was in love. Not only for who she is, the warm, funny, compassionate woman who founds our family, but also for the deep determination with which she struggles 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 intimate“, According to Harris, in a court in Santa Barbara (California, USA).
After the wedding, Harris she officially became the stepmother of Cole and Ella, who now refer to her as “sec“, A play on words between the word” mom “(mother) and Kamala.
He left his job to focus on his new role
Six years after their wedding, Harris was elected by the now president, Joe Biden, as her election formula partner and Emhoff decided to leave “temporarily” his place in the important law firm focused on entertainment and intellectual property, in which he has clients such as football player Willie Gault and companies such as Merck and Walmart, according to Oprah Magazine.
After the November election victory, Emhoff announced that he would definitely leave his job from today, January 20, with the taking possession of Biden and Harris as new U.S. leaders
This way, Emhoff will be able to focus on his new role as first “second knight“From history, a position from which it hopes to have an impact and generate confidence” in the country’s institutions and abroad, “according to its article in GQ.
In addition to his official position, the New Yorker will also take law classes 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 assured.