Kamala Harris became the first-ever woman to be elected as the Vice President of the United States. This makes Douglas Emhoff, her husband, the first-ever Second Gentleman.
In response to this new shift in gender dynamics, Twitter welcomed this new change with a new account under the username @SecondGentleman. Ever since Twitter was launched, all the institutional White House accounts were present on Twitter for the heads of the State. There has only ever been a ‘Second Lady’ account since there has been no elected vice president who has been female or belonging to any other gender.
This news was shared by President-elect Joe Biden on his personal Twitter account. He shared the news of Emhoff’s new social media presence with a post from his own account @PresElectBiden, which will become @POTUS on inauguration day.
Emhoff has yet to post on his new account, though perhaps he too is waiting to officially assume the title before he takes on the internet persona. “This concept of access to justice is something that I want to bring to the fore in that role. But I’ll also add, look at where we are right now. It’s gonna be a lot of work for President Biden, Vice President Harris, First Lady Jill Biden and whatever-my-title-will-be Douglas Emhoff,” he said ahead of the 2020 election according to Politico.
Folks — This will be the account for my official duties as President. At 12:01 PM on January 20th, it will become @POTUS. Until then, I'll be using @JoeBiden. And while you're here, follow @FLOTUSBiden @SenKamalaHarris @SecondGentleman and @Transition46.
— President-elect Biden (@PresElectBiden) January 15, 2021