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
In this role? we will first light and something i take very seriously. at first when i came into this role, i thought being a man would be the biggest deal. and it is. we ve talked about that. but just kind of one a is being jewish in this role. and it really hit me early on when we did our virtual sader. and we had no idea what to expect. we just thought we d do it and put it out there. tens of thousands of people saw it, and immediately thereafter everywhere i went jewish people were coming up to me. i never thought i d see the day when a jewish person was in this position just kind of living their life openly. it just meant so much. grew up in the suburbs of jersey, going to grandma s house