Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, admitted Saturday to having an extramarital affair during his first marriage after a bombshell report by the Daily Mail charged he got his children’s nanny pregnant. »During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions, » Emhoff said in a statement to Harris-friendly CNN regarding his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff. « I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side. » Emhoff did not return Fox News Digital’s requests for comment. 13 DAYS: KAMALA HARRIS HAS NOT HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE EMERGING AS PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEEEmhoff and his first wife were married from 1992 until 2009, and they share two now-adult children: Cole, 29, and Ella, 25, who they co-parent with stepmom Harris. The affair happened near the end of their marriage. HARRIS IS ‘BIDEN’S CO-PILOT’ ON ‘BIDENOMICS’ POLICIES THAT PROMPTED WOEFUL JOB NUMBERS: TRUMP CAMPHarris met Emhoff in 2013, when she was serving as California attorney general, and they married in 2014. Harris knew about the affair before they married and the Biden 2020 campaign knew about it when they were vetting her for his vice presidential pick, CNN reported. Kerstin Emhoff said in a statement to CNN: « Doug and I decided to end our marriage for a variety of reasons, many years ago. He is a great father to our kids, continues to be a great friend to me and I am really proud of the warm and supportive blended family Doug, Kamala, and I have built together. »Another source downplayed the affair to CNN, saying that he had « long regretted » it and knew it would eventually become public. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPEmhoff is often seen with Harris on the campaign trail as she is now the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff admits to extramarital affair that led to breakup of first marriage
