Doug Emhoff is a lawyer and the husband of U. S. vice president-elect Kamala Harris

First Marriage and Children

Emhoff married film producer Kerstin Mackin in 1992. They became parents to son Cole and daughter Ella, named after jazz greats John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald, before divorcing after 16 years together.

Marriage to Kamala Harris

A client and mutual friend set Emhoff up with Harris, then the attorney general of California, in 2013. The relationship progressed steadily, with Emhoff proposing in March 2014. They married at the courthouse at Santa Barbara, California, on August 22, 2014, with Harris' sister, Maya, officiating the proceedings that incorporated elements of traditional Hindu and Jewish ceremonies.