what s it like being the first second gentleman? he s never been here. doug emhoff is making history of his own. what is your job? as he redefines an old role for a new generation. there s this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. a father it s the kids initials. i wanted really a reminder. what s important to me. who with the vice president is marking many firsts. this was very emotional to be able to do this. while still trying to make time for each other. we re not each other s chief of staff. we re husband and wife. the opportunity of a lifetime for the former entertainment lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. men need to support women. in this series, we talk to people in politics and pop culture and find out what it s like to be them. now being the second gentleman. what s it like to be the first second gentleman? i m only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president, so i lo
what s it like being the first second gentleman? who we are has never been in here, these halls. doug emhoff is making history of his own. what is your job? as he redefines an old role for a new generation. there s this toxicity, this masc masculine idea of what a man is. a father. it s the kids initials. i just really wanted a reminder of what s important to me. who with the vice president is marking many firsts. this is very emotional to be able to do this. reporter: while still trying to make time for each other stwl we we re not each other s chief of staff. it s the opportunity of a lifetime for the former entertainment lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. men need to support women. we talk to people in politics and find out what it s like to be them, now being the second gentleman. what s it like to be the first second gentleman? i m only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president, so i
doug emhoff is making history of his own. what is your job? as he redefines an old role for a new generation. there s this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. a father. it s the kids initials. i just really wanted a reminder of what s important to me. who with the vice president is marking many firsts. this is very emotional to be able to do this. reporter: while still trying to make time for each other. we re not each other s chief of staff. we re husband and wife. it s the opportunity of a lifetime for the former entertainment lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. men need to support women. we talk to people in politics and pop culture, and find out what it s like to be them. now being the second gentleman. what s it like to be the first second gentleman? i m only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president, so i look at it really mostly in that lens. i m here because i m her hu
Expect? she said, first, you won t believe me if i told you, and two, it s just going to be different for you because you re a man, and she s a woman, and you re the first one. and kind of the times we re in right now. but just be yourself. be authentic, and support her. the term second lady was first used in the 1890s, but there wasn t much of a public role until pat nixon started traveling independent of her husband to promote causes. there are now five living former second ladies, marilyn quail, tipper gore, lynne cheney, jill biden and karen pence. who d you talk to? i talked to mrs. pence. was she helpful? she was, she was. we had a very nice conversation. what was the most important advice she gave you? she was very helpful because having been in the residence right before, there s a lot of just, you know, it s nonintuitive things that happen living in this type of situation. like what? that she was very helpful with. just from paying the bills,
Ladies and gentlemen, the second gentleman. being the second gentleman means hitting the road for the administration. as second gentleman, i get to travel around the entire country. i ve been to 40 states already, and i just i just listen. i get to meet folks, and i get to hear what s going on. this trip, emhoff joined the education secretary in philadelphia. this administration, simply put, supports teachers, and we have your back. why education? i think, look, we need to support our teachers. i ve been teaching myself part-time, and also traveling the country. i met so many teachers, especially during the height of the pandemic, who had to completely readjust what they re doing. kids, how they re dealing with them, and also just the mental health aspect for our children and for the teachers themselves.