America, it's time to meet your potential new first family: Vice President Kamala Harris' family of four.
At the Democratic National Convention, Kamala became the Democratic Party presidential nominee after President Joe Biden announced he was withdrawing from the 2024 race for president. On Tuesday evening, the current VP will be taking on Donald Trump in their first election debate, and Kamala can be sure to count on her family for their support.
Kamala has by her side not only her staff and the president himself, but also her husband, Doug Emhoff. Kamala and the second gentleman met on a blind date set up by a mutual friend in 2013, and they tied the knot the following year. When they married, she became a stepmom, or rather, "Momala," to Emhoff's two children with his ex-wife Kerstin Emhoff, Cole and Ella, to whom he was married from 1992 until 2008.
The family clearly share close bonds and when Kamala was confirmed as the Democratic Party's candidate, her husband and stepchildren were there to show their support.
Learn all about the second gentleman here, and catch up on who Cole and Ella are below.
Cole, 30
Though he leads a largely private life, Cole, who was born in 1994, works in entertainment, following in the footsteps of his mother Kerstin, who is a film producer, plus co-founder and CEO of the commercial production company PRETTYBIRD.
According to his LinkedIn, he graduated from Colorado College in 2017, and has since then worked as a film assistant and producer, including in Oscar-nominated film Minari (2020) and in Andy García-led romantic comedy Father of the Bride (2022).
In the fall of 2023, he married wife Greenley Littlejohn, who he started dating in 2020. His mom Kerstin helped plan the wedding, which was held in Los Angeles, and walked him down the aisle, while his stepmom officiated the ceremony.
Ella, 25
Ella, born in 1999, was the unlikely star of Biden's inauguration in January 2021, especially after the plaid, sequin-adorned Miu Miu coat that she wore quickly went viral. Just one week later, she was signed to leading modeling agency IMG Models, and that May, she graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City.
At the time, she was already known in the city for selling knitted clothing and accessories that she made herself. Since then, in addition to furthering her modeling career with campaigns and runway shows for Miu Miu, Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, and Stella McCartney, among others, she has also launched Soft Hands Inc., which hosts monthly events during which she teaches people how to knit.
She frequently shares her creations, which include knitted paintings, on her social media, and in June of this year, she officially signed with veteran talent agency UTA, with hopes of expanding her oeuvre.