“Kerstin and I had some difficult times during my first marriage due to my actions,” DE admits. I accepted blame, and my family and I have become stronger for having overcome adversity in the years following.
So, it’s not quite an admission, but he’s not exactly denying the reports either, so it’s hard to tell whether they’re genuine or not.
In addition, CNN reports that they directly questioned a Harris campaign spokeswoman if the campaign was disputing the key points of the Daily Mail’s article; the spokesperson chose not to answer.
They were married the next year after meeting in 2013; Doug had been divorced from Kerstin for five years at that point. Many brought up the fact that Harris became stepmother to Emhoff’s two children after J.D. Vance made remarks about being a childless cat woman.
