During a typical weekday, Vice President Kamala Harris has an office in the White House West Wing, while her husband, Doug Emhoff, conducts business from his own office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is located just off the West Wing and where a majority of White House staff work. While Harris holds roundtable discussions and more formal events in the building and will stop by to see Emhoff when there, he can’t just text her during the day like any other average American husband.
With personal cell phone usage restricted for national security reasons, if Emhoff wants to speak to or see the vice president, he has to have members of his office staff make arrangements with her office staff, according to McClatchy. In addition to not being able to text Harris, Emhoff can no longer drop her off at work and can’t even leave his house without secret service members. He also gave up his own law practice, and it’s all in the name of helping his wife be a success is one of the most important jobs in the world.
“It’s a transition for him,” David Lash, a friend of Emhoff, told McClatchy. “He’s very, very dedicated, and singularly focused on helping his wife however he possibly can and helping the administration as well and as much as he possibly can.”
