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
And go alone. for instance, if i want to get a cup of coffee, you have to go with all the security. i can walk out here. by yourself. they re around, but i don t have to call them up and say hey, i m going to take a walk around the residence. i love to walk. so a lot of times i ll just kind of walk around and just take it in and take in the beautiful nature here. do you have to tell them i m going outside to take a walk or do you just go and they just know? they just know. you go right outside the gate. then you have to tell them and i joke it s almost like one of those movies like truman show where you can t walk past the other side. i ll have had family here and helping them out with their bags and maybe their car s 20 feet from the gate at the front. i m like i m so sorry. i can t do this. otherwise it s going to take 20 minutes and i ve got to call up the crew and then all these cars show up. this is the only place when we re on these grounds not on