After the November 2020 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, were thrust into the political spotlight. As the 59-year-old politician approaches the end of her term working alongside President Joe Biden, she is focused on her campaign for the upcoming election. Endorsed by the 81-year-old president as the Democratic candidate for the November 2024 election, she continues to have the full support of her 59-year-old husband.
The couple have built an incredibly strong bond over the course of their marriage, which is the Vice President’s first and the Second Gentleman’s second marriage. Upon marrying the Second Gentleman, the Vice President became “momala” of Cole Emhoff and Ella Emhoff, who’ve also intrigued many across the nation. Learn more about this blended family, their bonds with one another, and more about Cole and Ella!
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VP Harris’ relationship with both Cole and Ella started slowly, as Cole explained to Glamour in October 2020. “First I was a little blindsided, to be honest,” Cole shared of learning that his father was dating then-California Attorney General Harris. “Doug was like, ‘I met this woman. She’s cool. I’m excited about her.’ And Doug hadn’t talked about his dating life for a long time. He said, ‘I think you just have to know, though, that she is the attorney general of California.’ I was like, ‘Okay, cool, whatever.’” At the time, Cole was a senior in high school and just getting ready to head off to college.
But when he finally met VP Harris, Cole immediately knew how special her relationship with his father was. “I think for all of us, it was love at first sight. We had an incredible evening at one of my favorite restaurants—The Reel Inn. We had a long drive down the Pacific Coast Highway, sharing music. I got to know her first on a much more personal level—her music tastes, her cooking, how she interacts with Doug, which was hilarious. She would just be ribbing him. It was perfect,” he gushed of his stepmother.
“I think when we met her, I was about to go into high school, so I was in an equally intense time, but for different, more angsty reasons,” Ella explained to Glamour in October 2020. “It felt serious when he was just talking about her, because I could hear it in his voice. When we did meet, it all felt so natural that it wasn’t even a big deal. It felt like we had known each other forever. And I think what was important was getting to know her as a person first—a person before a politician.”
