Kamala Harris' rarely-seen stepdaughter Ella Emhoff, 25, spotted puffing a cigarette while walking her dog Jerry in Brooklyn as 'Momala' prepares 2024 presidential run

Her 'Momala' Kamala Harris is firmly successful nan spotlight now that President Joe Biden has dramatically dropped retired of nan statesmanlike race.

But for Ella Emhoff, a Thursday regular was for illustration immoderate different arsenic she took her canine Jerry retired for a locomotion and dragged connected a cigaret - pinch a Secret Service item successful tow.

But nan 25-year-old, tattooed stepdaughter of nan presumptive Democratic statesmanlike nominee stood retired for illustration a sore thumb successful hipster Brooklyn acknowledgment to nan hulking, dressed-as-preppies information duo connected her tail.

The bohemian exemplary and artist, who lives successful New York City, has been responding to disapproval that nan Vice President has nary biologic children.

When asked astir comments from J.D. Vance, nan moving mate of her stepmom's rival Donald Trump, calling Harris a 'childless feline lady', she said it was 'upsetting'. 

She defended her 'Momala' connected Instagram pinch nan post: 'How tin you beryllium "childless" erstwhile you person cutie pastry kids for illustration cole and I' on pinch nan reasoning emoji.

'I emotion my 3 parents,' Emhoff wrote.

Her station came successful consequence to a resurfaced clip of Vance from 2021 criticizing Harris during a Fox News question and reply which has now gone viral.

In nan clip, Vance told erstwhile host Tucker Carlson the U.S. was being tally by 'a bunch of childless feline ladies who are miserable astatine their ain lives and nan choices that they've made and truthful they want to make nan remainder of nan state miserable too.'

Vance, 39, specifically named Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is besides from nan Big Apple.

'The full early of nan Democrats is controlled by group without children,' Vance said. 'How does it make immoderate consciousness we've turned our state complete to group who don't really person a nonstop liking successful it?' 

The video started being recirculated arsenic Vance was named Trump's prime for vice president and Harris secured capable delegates to go nan presumptive Democratic statesmanlike nominee pinch Biden dropping retired of nan title connected Sunday.

While Harris has not fixed commencement to children, she helped raise her 2 stepkids, Ella and Cole, 30, who are nan children of her hubby Doug Emhoff and his ex-wife Kerstin. Harris joined Doug successful 2014.

Doug Emhoff's ex, Kerstin, besides came to Harris' defense pinch her ain scathing consequence to nan criticism.

'These are baseless attacks,' she said successful a statement. 'For complete 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent pinch Doug and I. She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective and ever present.'

'I emotion our blended family and americium grateful to person her successful it,' she continued. 

Kerstin Emhoff has besides posted galore times successful support of Harris' candidacy for president.

The video of Vance has besides received backlash from others including actress Jennifer Aniston.  

Aniston, 55, took to Instagram Stories connected Wednesday pinch harsh words for Vance.

'I genuinely can't judge that this is coming from a imaginable VP of nan United States,' nan Friends prima wrote. 'All I tin opportunity is… Mr. Vance, I believe that your girl is fortunate capable to carnivore children of her ain 1 day.'

'I dream she will not request to move to IVF arsenic a 2nd option. Because you are trying to return that distant from her, too,' she continued.

Aniston, who is presently starring connected Apple TV+'s The Morning Show, has been candid astir her issues pinch fertility and trying to person a kid complete nan years.

Another Democrat specifically named successful Vance's attack, Buttigieg, announced successful September 2021 that he and his hubby adopted babe twins.  

That announcement came much than a period earlier Vance made his comments.