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Born in Brooklyn in 1964 and raised in Matawan, New Jersey, Doug Emhoff moved to Los Angeles with his family as a teen. He received his B.A. in communications from California State University, Northridge in 1987 and graduated with a J.D. from University of Southern California Gould School of Law three years later.
As Emhoff previously told CBS Sunday Morning, he met Harris in 2013 after they were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend. The entertainment litigator had texted the former California Attorney General at a Lakers game after some encouragement from his pal.
"We sat there in the stands and came up with this text that’s like, 'Hey, it’s Doug. Awkward. I’m texting you,'" he recalled to the outlet. "She said something like, 'Yay Lakers! Go Lakers!' Biggest Warriors fan out there."
While Emhoff feared he'd never hear from Harris again after he left a self-described "ridiculous" voicemail, she told CBS she thought the message was "just adorable" (though, she admitted she Googled him before their date).
They exchanged vows in a Santa Barbara, Calif. courthouse three years before Harris was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2017.
In addition to being the nation's first-ever second gentleman, Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse of an American president or vice president. He also taught law courses at Georgetown University and is dad to kids Cole and Ella Emhoff, whom he shares with ex-wife Kerstin Emhoff.