How Kamala Harris's VP contender Mark Kelly tried to jail his ex wife - who has put their bitter history behind her to endorse the Arizona senator

They fell retired truthful bitterly that he erstwhile petitioned a judge to person her thrown successful jail.

So it’s thing of a astonishment that imaginable Democrat VP prime Mark Kelly, 60, has secured an improbable endorsement - from his ex-wife.

Amelia Babis Kelly, 56, is truthful complementary astir nan Arizona Senator that she thinks he would make a overmuch amended Presidential campaigner than Kamala Harris, she told DailyMail.com successful an exclusive interview. 

She and Kelly divided successful 2004 but that was conscionable nan commencement of decade-long squabble complete kid custody arrangements that became progressively toxic.

Relations sunk truthful debased that successful 2010 Kelly petitioned a Texas court to jailhouse nan mother of his 2 daughters for six months for failing to notify him that she was moving home.

The brace person reconciled since then, however, and this week Amelia told DailyMail.com that her ex-husband, a celebrated erstwhile Navy combat aviator and astronaut, would make an fantabulous Vice President.

‘We worked retired a ineligible matter and that’s fine. I would support his determination to run,’ Amelia said successful an exclusive interview.

Kelly, who wed erstwhile U.S. Rep Gabby Giffords successful 2007, is considered 1 of nan starring contenders to beryllium named Kamala Harris’ moving mate, on pinch Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

Other names successful nan framework are Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Democrat strategists judge Kelly’s distinguished subject profession would lend gravitas to Harris’ run and entreaty to voters successful nan cardinal battleground authorities of Arizona, wherever nan Gulf War seasoned was elected to nan Senate successful a 2020 typical election.

‘I deliberation Mark leaning a small spot much towards nan correct broadside of near is thing that Kamala lacks. He brings subject expertise whereas her inheritance is successful nan ineligible field. Perhaps they could activity arsenic a team,’ Amelia said.

‘Personally, I would for illustration a summons without Kamala connected it. I’d prime Mark complete her. I don’t spot what usage she was to Joe Biden and I’m not judge she would beryllium very useful arsenic President.

‘I'm not a female of color, but I conscionable deliberation location should beryllium different reasons to beryllium excited astir a imaginable statesmanlike campaigner than their gender and their race.

‘Mark has friends connected some sides of nan aisle and I deliberation he’s personification who tin span nan 2 sides and bring an extremity to each nan hatred and ugliness. He would beryllium a bully Vice President aliases President.’

Kelly and Amelia wed successful 1989 and person 2 grown-up daughters, Claire, 27, and Claudia, 29.

He described their divorcement arsenic ‘amicable’ successful ‘Gabby’, nan book he co-wrote pinch Giffords, who famously survived a gunshot to nan caput during a 2011 meet-and-greet pinch constituents.

Court records successful Galveston County, Texas, wherever nan ex-couple shared a marital home, propose nan divided was acold much rancorous.

Kelly first petitioned to extremity their matrimony successful January 2001 but his action was dismissed 5 months later for ‘want of prosecution.’

It was Amelia’s move to record successful July 2004, erstwhile she was granted a impermanent restraining bid barring Kelly from threatening her aliases their 2 daughters pinch ‘imminent bodily harm’ aliases utilizing ‘vulgar, profane, obscene aliases indecent language’ successful their communications.

The divorcement was finalized 3 months later aft an uncontested proceeding but nan lawsuit dragged connected for nan adjacent decade arsenic nan 2 parties fought complete shared custody arrangements.

In November 2010 Kelly demanded drastic action from nan tribunal erstwhile his ex-wife moved to a caller location respective miles extracurricular of nan girls’ schoolhouse district, apparently failing to springiness him nan required 60 days’ notice.

‘Movant requests that Respondent beryllium confined successful nan region jailhouse for 179 days aliases until Respondent complies pinch nan bid of nan Court,’ his lawyer wrote to Judge Anne Darring.

‘Movant requests that Respondent beryllium placed connected organization supervision for 10 years connected merchandise from jailhouse aliases suspension of commitment.’

Kelly, who met Giffords successful 2003 but was not romantically linked to her until his first matrimony was over, appears to person dropped his demand.

By January 2014, nan ex-couple had resolved their ineligible issues, nan docket suggests.

Details of nan divorcement went unreported until 2020 erstwhile Kelly battled Republican Martha McSally for nan precocious John McCain’s vacant Senate seat.

When The Washington Free Beacon published respective of nan documents, Kelly’s run head Jen Cox dismissed their study arsenic a ‘desperate smear attempt’.

The paperwork did not level immoderate existent allegations of maltreatment against Kelly and his ex-wife ne'er applied for a imperishable restraining order.

But successful January 2022 nan divorcement was revisited yet again erstwhile they revenge a associated mobility to person nan records sealed, which nan judge agreed to.

‘We're not for illustration besties and hanging retired and chit chatting each nan time. But we do travel together erstwhile it comes to our granddaughter and our kids,’ Amelia told DailyMail.com.

A registered Republican since 2004, Amelia declined to opportunity whether she would formed her ballot for a Harris-Kelly ticket.

But nan imaginable of her ex-husband getting progressive would surely make it much palatable, she said.

‘Mark is simply a awesome dad. People thin to jump to nan conclusion that you’re going to trash a personification conscionable because you're divorced.

‘But conscionable because your matrimony didn't hap to activity retired doesn't mean that either personification is simply a bad person,’ Amelia added.

‘I emotion my kids, my family and our country. I dream nan champion personification wins and that group tin get down whoever wins and support them. Nothing gets done erstwhile group are arguing.’