Doug Emhoff: 'charming' second gentleman embraces supporting role

Kamala Harris's husband hasn't shied away from politics - but he shows little desire for the spotlight

With elbow bumps and masked greetings, Doug Emhoff convened a roundtable discussion on gender equity in the workplace at the headquarters of a construction company outside of St Louis on Wednesday.

Seated behind a placard that with his official title, second gentleman", Emhoff was also the only gentleman at the event, marking Equal Pay Day. In a nod to his own barrier-breaking role as husband to Kamala Harris - the nation's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice-president - Lyda Krewson, mayor of St Louis, said his presence at the session was a welcome sign of change.