Doug Emhoff Is 'Learning About Wallpaper' and Says Karen Pence Has Been 'Very Gracious in Giving Advice'

From left: Doug Emhoff and Sen. Kamala Harris after she accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination on Wednesday night in Delaware.Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty In less than a year,Doug Emhoffhas traveled to 30 states in his job as second gentleman. On Tuesday, he’s joining his wife, Vice PresidentKamala Harris, in Parison a tripto meet with French PresidentEmmanuel Macron. And, yes, he’s also “learning about wallpaper,” which is another important aspect of his role,he tells TIMEin a new profile of the country’s first-ever spouse of a female vice president.

Doug Emhoff Jokes About How His Life Has Changed During Shakespearean Mock Trial

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Second GentlemanDoug Emhoffargued a case this week beforeretiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer— defending a client accused of defamation in a wild scheme to sabotage a wedding. The scandalous matter was not before the U.S. Supreme Court, however, but rather Italy’sCorte Suprema di Cassazione. Emhoff, a former entertainment lawyer, and Breyer took the stage on Monday at Sidney Harman Hall for a mock trial based on William Shakespeare’s playMuch Ado About Nothing.

Doug Emhoff Lights National Menorah on First Night of Hanukkah: 'Jewish History is American History'

Doug Emhoff.Photo: Ron Sachs/UPI/Shutterstock Standing on the Ellipse with the White House in the background, Second GentlemanDoug Emhofflit the first candle at the National Menorah lighting ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. Emhoff, who is married to Vice PresidentKamala Harris, is the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president. “It is such an honor to be here tonight as the first Second Gentleman of the United States and as our nation’s first Jewish Second Gentleman of the United States,” Emhoff, 57, said ina speechwhile standing on the Ellipse in front of the White House.

Doug Emhoff Makes Trip to Highlight Food Insecurity in First Outing as First-Ever Second Gentleman

Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM/POOL/AFP via Getty Vice PresidentKamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, made his first official stop as second gentleman on Thursday,touring The Farmat Washington, D.C.’s Kelly Miller Middle School to learn about food insecurity and local work to address the problem. Wearing a black face mask, coast, gloves and gray scarf, Emhoff, 56, spoke with staffers, asking how theCOVID-19pandemic has changed operations for the nonprofit Dreaming Out Loud, which runs the farm.

Doug Emhoff Marvels at His 'Surreal' Life as Second Gentleman - and When It All Started to Sink In

Doug Emhoffcan pinpoint the exact moment the magnitude of his new life, and of his new role as second gentleman of the United States, first sunk in: during theJan. 19 memorialfor those who lost their lives toCOVID-19.“The COVID memorial on the Lincoln Steps, and the reflecting pond. That’s when it really hit me: Oh my goodness, this is really happening. The cameras, and the Secret Service. And you walk out and there’s soon-to-be president Biden and the first lady,” Emhoff, 56, told NBC’s chief White House correspondent, Peter Alexander,in an interviewthat aired Thursday onToday.