Kamala Harris’ husband Dough Emhoff was previously married to Kerstin Emhoff
Dough Emhoff, husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris, has admitted to having an extramarital affair during his first marriage.
“During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through difficult times because of my actions. I took responsibility and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and came out stronger on the other side,” said Emhoff. in a statement provided exclusively to CNN.
His admission comes after a British tabloid reported that Emhoff had an affair with a teacher who worked at a school his children attended and that it resulted in the end of his first marriage.
The Daily Mail reported that the woman became pregnant and, according to a close friend, “didn’t keep the child.”
Dough Emhoff was married to Kerstin Emhoff at the time and has two children with her – Cole and Ella.
Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff married in 2014 – she for the first time, he for the second. When the two met on a blind date organized by friends, it was “love at first sight,” he later said.
Harris knew about the affair before her marriage to Emhoff. Those in the Biden campaign who conducted the vice president’s vetting process in 2020 also knew about it, CBS News reported.
Harris is trying to become the first female president in US history and is tasked with quickly mounting a campaign against an opponent who has been in near-permanent re-election mode since taking office in 2016.
She has received support from Democratic heavyweights, including Joe Biden himself and most recently Barack and Michelle Obama.