his wife works in the Trump admin as secr. of transportation.  also:  McConnell was previously married and has three children from that relationship. He's known to tell people, "People remark that I'm in a mixed marriage. I don't see it that way. In my first marriage, I married a liberal. Now that was a mixed marriage. With Elaine, she and I understand one another."  McConnell's first wife, Sherrill Redmon, went on to become a feminist scholar. The two divorced in 1980. Pablo Alcala/AP Images  They have a lot of business in at least the Republic of China, as Chao is from Taiwan......