Meet Cole Emhoff, Kamala Harris's Stepson

He's the Older of Two Siblings

Cole, who is 26 years old, is Doug Emhoff's older child from his first marriage to Kerstin Mackin. He has one sister, Ella, who is 21.

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He's Part of a Happy Blended Family

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Cole was a senior in high school when his father and Harris got together, and he and his sister have both shared stories about adjusting to blended family life — especially one that includes a high-profile politician.

"I remember I saw a tweet that someone did. It was a photo of Kamala at the Kavanaugh hearing, and someone tweeted, like, 'I'd hate to have to look at that face and explain why I'm late for curfew.' And I was thinking, 'I've literally had to do that,'" Cole said to The New York Times.

According to Cole, though, their family is equal parts loving and intellectual, with a huge level of support but also a lot of strong opinions going around. "We would just have these real conversations at dinner, almost Socratic, where we would all bounce off each other. It's so interesting when I hear her speak publicly or read about her policy position. I'm like, Okay, I've seen that reflected at the dinner table, so I know it's true to her," he told Glamour.

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He's Named After a Jazz Icon

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In a 2019 essay for Elle, Harris revealed that her stepchildren are actually both named after jazz music legends. Cole is named for saxophonist John Coltrane, while Ella's name honours Ella Fitzgerald.

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He's a Few Years Out of College

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According to a 2018 Vogue profile of Harris, Cole graduated from Colorado College in May 2017, where he majored in psychology.

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He Works in Entertainment

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At the time of Harris's 2018 Vogue profile, Cole was working as an assistant at William Morris Endeavour, the famed talent and media agency. Since then, according to his LinkedIn, he's moved on to a job as an executive assistant at Plan B Entertainment, a production company co-founded by Brad Pitt that's produced Oscar winners like The Departed and Moonlight.

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He Lives in Los Angeles with His Girlfriend

For the most part, Cole doesn't talk much about his personal life, but his Instagram features his girlfriend, Greenley, and he's mentioned her a couple of times in interviews. "I remember the first time I brought my girlfriend over, Kamala's like, 'Can you make a Caesar dressing?' She was like, 'Uh...'" he mentioned offhand in a Glamour interview.

Cole's work in Hollywood keeps him in California, where, from the looks of things, he and his girlfriend have been living for a little while now. Back in Feb. 2019, Cole posted an Instagram picture captioned "Big Move (2019)" with the couple in what looks like an in-progress move-in.

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