"We sometimes joke that our modern is almost a little too functional!” So said back in 2019, when she was in the running to make history as the first female Vice President of the United States, and her family had been thrust into the limelight for the first time. In the five years since, that scrutiny has only intensified, and no more since Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee earlier this year. Harris’s family were formally introduced to the American public at the Democratic National Convention in August, when both her stepchildren, her husband, her sister and her niece NAMES all took to the stage to support her.
What struck many was how distinctly the Harris family set-up represents modern America: they are mixed race, interfaith and blended from multiple marriages, they are a picture of the progressive vision of America that Harris’s presidential campaign represents to many. "The world’s greatest step-mother", was Harris’ stepdaughter Ella’s description of Harris during the 2020 DNC. "You’re a rock, not just for our dad, but for three generations of our big, blended family.
" That blended family includes Harris’s husband Doug, the country’s first second gentleman and the first Jewish person to hold the role, her two stepchildren Cole and Ella Emhoff who famously call her ‘Momala’, and their mother Kerstin, with whom Harris shares a close friendship, and who has supported her campaign. There’s also Harris’s younger sister Maya, and niec.
