Harris' family members are popping up around Chicago this week during the DNC. Here's who's who
Kamala Harris has a husband, Doug Emhoff, who could make history as America's first gentleman spouse. Two stepchildren who call her «Momala.” A politically connected sister who is a top adviser and sounding board. A brother-in-law who temporarily stepped away from a top private sector gig to help elect her. A niece who is the mother of two daughters that Harris dotes on. There's also her husband's ex-wife, who defends Harris and Emhoff and their blended family.
They've been popping up around Chicago and on social media this week during the Democratic National Convention, where Harris will formally accept the party’s presidential nomination.
A look at members of Harris' blended family:
Doug Emhoff: Husband
He would become America's first first gentleman if his wife is elected president.
Emhoff, 59, is already the first second gentleman of the U.S. and the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. president or vice president. He has been a leader of the Biden administration's efforts against antisemitism. Emhoff gave up a lucrative career as an entertainment and intellectual property lawyer in California to avoid conflicts of interest and support his wife after she became vice president.
In a speech to the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, Emhoff told the story of how he and Harris met on a blind date in 2013; she was California's attorney general at the time. They wed in 2014, her first marriage and his second. Emhoff has two adult children, Ella and Cole, from a previous marriage and they call Harris “Momala.”
Ella Emhoff: Stepdaughter
Ella, 25, is the daughter of Emhoff and his first wife, Kerstin.
Ella is an artist, model and fashion designer who lives in New York. Her parents named her after jazz singer Ella