While Kamala Harris tries to downplay her radical political beliefs, there's an unfortunate fact she wants hidden - her Marxist father lives just one mile from the White House.
Tragically, Donald J. Harris has never actually visited his daughter's workplace, the Daily Mail reported.
It's a sad testament to the strained personal relationship between Harris and her only living parent, who once blasted Harris as a "travesty" but has otherwise remained silent about her political career.
Born in Jamaica, Donald J. Harris moved to the United States to pursue his doctorate at University of California, Berkeley, where he met Harris' Indian mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. They married and gave birth to Harris and her younger sister, Maya.
The marriage didn't last, and Harris would be raised mostly by her mother. Kamala's mother died in 2009 from colon cancer.
Over the years, Donald J. Harris has had little to say about his daughter's rise up the political ladder. He broke his silence in 2019, during his daughter's first run for president, to criticize her for embracing stereotypes of Jamaicans as fond of marijuana.
"My dear departed grandmothers, as well as my deceased parents must be turning in their grave right now. Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty," he said.
Since then, Donald Harris has been quiet, even as his daughter accepts the Democratic party's nomination for president.
Kamala Harris spoke briefly about her father in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, where she credited him with teaching her to be "fearless."
But she once said of her father, "My father is a good guy, but we are not close."
Indeed, the official White House logs do not show any record of Donald J. Harris visiting the White House since his daughter became vice president.
In a heartbreaking 2018 essay, Donald J. Harris said he loves his daughters very much, blaming a biased court system for the way things ended up.
"After a hard-fought custody battle in the family court […] the context of the relationship was placed within arbitrary limits imposed by a court-ordered divorce settlement based on the false assumption by the State of California that fathers cannot handle parenting."
"'Nevertheless, I persisted, never giving up on my love for my children or reneging on my responsibilities as their father."
Despite the unfortunate gulf between father and daughter, Donald's background as a Marxist economist could become a problem for his daughter's campaign.
Her Republican opponent, Donald J. Trump, has blasted Harris as a radical socialist in disguise, as Harris comes under scrutiny for retracting formerly left-wing positions without explanation.
