Sen. Amy Klobuchar and John Bessler.

Sure, Amy Klobuchar doesn't look to be the hottest ticket in this year's crowd of Democratic presidential hopefuls. But after giving you the rundown on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's law prof husband Bruce Mann, it's only fair to put a spotlight on Klobuchar's hubby: law professor John Bessler. (Right now, it appears only two legal academic spouses are in the running to become the first First Gentleman, but the way the field is growing, who knows?) Here's what you need to know:

Bessler has taught at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2009—not too far from his wife's Capitol Hill workplace. But he's been in the legal academy since 1998, teaching at the University of Minnesota Law School; George Washington University; and Rutgers Law School. He received tenure at Baltimore in 2014.

If you have a legal question about the death penalty, Bessler is your man. He has written, count 'em, six books on the subject. The most recent is 2017's “The Death Penalty as Torture: From the Dark Ages to Abolition.” (For the record, Klobuchar is against the death penalty.)

He's also an adjunct at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a seminar on—you guessed it—the death penalty. He's slated to teach that course next spring, according to Georgetown's website.

Bessler teaches other subjects as well. According to his University of Baltimore bio, he teaches civil procedure, contracts, human rights and lawyering skills in addition to capital punishment.

He's got an interesting educational resume with a hodgepodge of degrees. Bessler majored in political science at the University of Minnesota before getting a MFA in writing from Hamline University. Oh, and he's also got a master's in international human rights law from Oxford University on top of his juris doctor, which he obtained from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington in 1991.

He's got a law firm sideline. Bessler is of counsel at the Minneapolis law firm Berens & Miller. Earlier in his career, he was an associate at the firm now called Faegre Baker Daniels.

Bessler and Klobuchar have been married since 1993. They reportedly met at a café in Minneapolis the previous year, and Bessler proposed in the nonfiction aisle of a bookstore. The couple has a 20-something daughter, Abigail.