Kamala Harris's Stepson, Cole Emhoff, Took the Stage at the DNC

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As Kamala Harris officially accepts the Democratic nomination for president, her family is in the spotlight—including her husband, Doug Emhoff, and her children, Cole and Ella Emhoff. Cole and Ella, who are from Doug's first marriage to Kerstin Emhoff, call Kamala by the sweet nickname "Momala," as they never liked the term "stepmom."

Cole even took the stage at the DNC, narrating a short film about his dad, and then introducing him in person.

Here's everything you need to know about Kamala Harris's stepson Cole Emhoff:

His parents named him after John Coltrane.

Cole was born on September 15, 1994, the eldest child of Doug and Kerstin Emhoff. "On 9/14/94 around 8:30pm my old school beeper went off," Doug posted on Cole's birthday a few years ago. "It was time. I was almost home, so I parked, sat in the car for just another minute, taking a few last deep breaths before fatherhood. Cole was born a few hrs later just after 12am on 9/15. Been proud of that kid ever since."

He was named after John Coltrane, the famed American saxophonist.

Cole and Kamala first bonded over music.

"Cole and Ella could not have been more welcoming," Kamala Harris wrote of her first time meeting Doug's children. "They’d been wanting to meet me, too. We talked for a few minutes, then piled into Doug’s car for dinner together. Doug and I had decided the kids should choose where we ate, to make everything as comfortable as possible. They’d picked a place that had been a favorite since they were younger—a seafood hut off the Pacific Coast Highway called the Reel Inn. It was about an hour away in traffic, which gave us some quality car time to get to know one another. Cole, it turned out, was a music aficionado, and he was excited to share some of his latest discoveries with me."

She recalls Cole told her, "I just started listening to Roy Ayers. Do you know him?" Kamala replied by singing back Everybody loves the sunshine, sunshine, folks get down in the sunshine.... To which Cole responded, "You know it!"

Kamala writes, "We put on the song, and then another and another. The four of us sang together with the windows rolled down as we drove up the coast to dinner."

Cole later shared of meeting Kamala, "I was kind of in my own world, just about to graduate, go to college. And then I met her and we had this amazing dinner. And I realized like, Oh, my God, Doug has met someone who is completely unique and totally special."

He continued, "I think for all of us, it was love at first sight. We had an incredible evening at one of my favorite restaurants—The Reel Inn. We had a long drive down the Pacific Coast Highway, sharing music. I got to know her first on a much more personal level—her music tastes, her cooking, how she interacts with Doug, which was hilarious. She would just be ribbing him. It was perfect. Over time I got a sense of who she was and her career up to that point. It gave me a new understanding of what she’s been able to accomplish, and I was so impressed."

He graduated from Colorado College in 2017.

He graduated with a bachelor of arts in psychology. All three of his parents were at his graduation.

Cole attended the 2021 inauguration with his sister.

Cole and Ella Emhoff were there to support Kamala as she was sworn in as Vice President. Their mom, Kerstin, was also there:

Cole posted a series of behind-the-scenes content from the historic day:

Cole married Greenley Littlejohn in 2023.

Kamala officiated Cole's wedding to Greenley, which took place in Los Angeles. "I want for those two [Cole and Greenley] to have a loving marriage where they are best friends and they know that it’s not just them against the world, that our family supports them. That the community of people that came together at the wedding supports [them]," Kamala said.

Greenley and Cole got engaged in 2022; she works at Brand I.D. in Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in retail merchandising in 2017.

He plays pickleball and fantasty football with his dad.

Doug doesn't often share about his kids on social media, but occasionally will give insight into his relationship with them—like how he and Cole co-manage a fantasy football team, or how they played pickleball on Father's Day.

He worked for Brad Pitt's production company.

After graduation, Cole worked for William Morris Endeavor, and then as an executive assistant at Plan B Entertainment, Brad Pitt's production company. His LinkedIn is now private, so it's unclear what he's currently up to.

Cole is on Instagram, but not very active.

He Instagrams @coleemhoff, and his page is mainly snaps of him and Greenley.

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