Doug Emhoff, Jill Biden, and rethinking gender roles

January 3, 2017: Kamala Harris takes the oath of office as United States Senator with Vice President Joe Biden (right) and Douglas Emhoff (center).

January 3, 2017: Kamala Harris takes the oath of office as United States Senator with Vice President Joe Biden (right) and Douglas Emhoff (center). Photo by United States Senate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Doug Emhoff, an LA-based entertainment lawyer who hasn’t been overtly political, married Kamala Harris in 2014. When she takes office as U.S. vice president, he’s going to quit his job and support his wife full-time. Meanwhile, soon-to-be first lady Jill Biden plans to keep teaching English at a community college in Virginia. 

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Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Rosalie Atkinson, Brian Hardzinski, Caleigh Wells, Angie Perrin