Forgive my nitpicking. I canāt help myself at times, so cut me some slack.
Never before has the spouse of a president or vice president been a man. Until now. Doug Emhoff is married to Vice President Kamala Harris. OK, so why do the media keep referring to Emhoff as the āsecond gentlemanā?
We have a first lady in the person of Jill Biden. Emhoffās marriage to the vice president, therefore, makes him the āfirst gentleman.ā Isnāt that right?
If women occupied both the presidency and vice presidency and were married to men, then the husband of the VPOTUS would be theĀ second gentleman. Not now. Doug Emhoff, so far, is theĀ onlyĀ male American to have been thrust into the political limelight by virtue of his marriage to the vice president.
Letās be more accurate, eh? Or perhaps I just am not understanding something.