Kamala Harris' Family: A Look Inside the Vice President's Personal Life

Monday, July 29, 2024  Read time1 min

SAEDNEWS: After President Joe Biden announced he isn't seeking reelection, he expressed his support for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic party's presidential nominee. Learn about her family.

Kamala Harris' Family: A Look Inside the Vice President's Personal Life

According to SAEDNEWS, Harris is aiming to become the first female president in U.S. history.

She entered the presidential race after President Joe Biden announced on July 21 that he was no longer seeking reelection—with him expressing his “full support and endorsement” of Harris to be the nominee for the Democratic party, going up against former President Donald Trump as the Republican party’s candidate.

But to her family, Harris has other titles: daughter to Donald J. Harris and the late Shyamala Gopalan, sister to Maya Harris, aunt to Meena Harris, wife to Doug Emhoff and “Momala” to Cole Emhoff and Ella Emhoff.

Mom Shyamala Gopalan & Dad Donald J. Harris Shyamala Gopalan was born in southern India in 1938 and Donald J. Harris was born in Jamaica that same year.

Husband Doug Emhoff

Husband Doug Emhoff

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.