Of his own. What is your job . He redefines an old role for a new generation. Theres this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. A father. I really wanted a reminder of whats important to me. Who with the Vice President is marking many firsts. This is very emotional to be able to do this. While still trying to make time for each other. Were not each others chief of staff. Were husband and wife. Its 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 talked to people in politics and pop culture and find out what its like to be them. Now being the second gentleman. Whats it like to be the First Second Gentleman . Im only the First Second Gentleman because the country elected the first woman Vice President. So i look at it really mostly in that lens. Im here because im her husband. Im here to support her. So help me god. But hes also rewriting unspoken rules and roadmaps largely de
Of reflection that honors previous vice presidential families and their pets. oh, wow. remember president h.w. bush was vice president and they lived here for eight years. there it is, milly. are you scared that i actually remembered the name of his dog? i love it. sometimes if you just sit in here knowing that you re literally amongst history and it s such a great, beautiful, contemplative place to think about what s happening right now. how often do your kids get here? not enough, not enough. they re grown people. emhoff has two children from a previous marriage to kiersten emhoff. they divorced when their kids were still young. ella is now 23, a fashion design are and model in new york who became an influencer of sorts during the 2020 campaign, and 28-year-old cole is recently engaged and working in hollywood. how have they adjusted to being
Have them come here. it s probably easier to have them come here. it is, but a lot of it is schedule, moving parts and they re adults. they ve got jobs and busy lives. i d say that can be the toughest part, but i d say if i was still a lawyer back in l.a., i d probably be saying the same thing. yeah, right. show me your tattoos. you talked about i ll show you one. this one is very simple. that s two. okay. it s the kids initials. i got this shortly after kiersten and i separated because i just really wanted a reminder of what s important to me. it was cole and ella and i just wanted a visceral reminder of them. so cole is coltrane and ella is ella fitzgerald, very much into the jazz. were you always a tattoo guy? no. so what made you wake up one day and say oh, i m going to get my kids initials on my