US Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, admitted having an extramarital affair during his first marriage, CBS News reported. He had a relationship with a teacher at his children's school several years before he met and married US Vice President Kamala Harris. Emhoff's acknowledgment comes after a report emerged that the teacher became pregnant in 2009.
She, however, did not have a baby, the report said. According to two sources, both of whom were close to the woman at the time of her relationship with Emhoff, the woman's pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, CBS News reported. According to two sources, along with a third source familiar with the relationship, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity, Emhoff at the time was married to his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff.
However, the couple separated when the affair happened. The sources said that the woman taught at Emhoff's children's school. However, she was not teaching Emhoff's children at the time of her relationship with him, according to sources.
In a statement provided to CBS News, Emhoff said, "During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions." He said, "I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side." Before becoming the US' second gentleman, Emhoff worked as an entertainment lawyer.
He shares two adult children, Ella and Cole, with his first wife. In her statement on Saturday,.