Kamala Harris’ husband admits new teaching job is ‘really hard’

It was a career shift for a high-flying litigator specialising in entertainment and intellectual property law who, according to publicly released tax filings, earned about three million US dollars last year.

Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks with members of the press. Picture: Erin Scott/PA

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, admits it is not easy for him to adapt to his new job teaching law at Georgetown University amid a high-pressure moment in US history.

There is the pandemic and the vaccinations, the 1.9 trillion US dollar relief package and the open wounds of a political divide that led to the January 6 assault on the US Capitol.