The 2024 election: Donald Trump is father of 5, grandfather of 10 | What to know about his family as he fights to return the White House

Former President Donald Trump is a father of five and grandfather of 10 whose family is intertwined with his political career, including the 2024 presidential campaign.

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When Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination at The Republican National Convention on July 18, nearly his entire family was there to celebrate.

In the days leading up to the Nov. 5 election, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump shared a photo on Instagram with her husband Eric Trump after voting early.

“Today I once again voted for a man I am proud to call my father-in-law, grandfather to my two children and a man I will be SO proud to call our 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump ,” Lara Trump, also co-chair of the Republican National Committee, partially captioned the photo.

Here’s what you need to know about Donald Trump’s family as he battles for a return to the White House in the 2024 presidential election.

Melania Trump

Former first lady Melania Trump met her future husband in 1998 at a party during New York Fashion Week.

“He was very charming and… we had a great spark,” Melania told the late Barbara Walters in a 2015 interview on ABC News’ “20/20.” “He came up with a date so he asked me for the number and I said… ‘I’m not going to give you my number so if you give me your numbers I’ll call you’.”

“He was known as a bit of a ladies’ man,” she continued, laughing. “But we had good chemistry the first time.”

“We’ve had great chemistry ever since,” Donald Trump added.

In 2005, seven years after meeting, Melania Trump, a Slovenian supermodel, married Donald Trump in a star-studded wedding at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s beachfront estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Together, the couple welcomed a son, Barron Trump, in 2006. The Trumps raised Barron in New York City and Palm Beach, where they have lived since leaving the White House in 2021.

When she became first lady in 2017, Melania Trump didn’t move into the White House for months so Barron, then 10, could finish the school year.

As first lady, Melania Trump spearheaded her “Be Best” campaign, which raised awareness about online bullying. In 2018, she described herself in an interview with ABC News as “the most bullied person in the world”, adding: “One of them – if you really see what people are saying about me.”

In the 2024 election cycle, Melania Trump has rarely joined Donald Trump on the campaign trail.

Her appearance at the RNC’s final night with the rest of the Trump family marked her first appearance at the convention and her first time joining Donald Trump at a major campaign event this election cycle.

Donald Trump Jr.

Born in 1977, Donald Trump Jr. is the eldest child of Donald Trump and his first wife, the late Ivana Trump.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, his father’s alma mater, Donald Trump Jr., entered the family business and joined the Trump Organization.

He now serves as executive vice president of the Trump Organization, working to grow the company’s “real estate, retail, commercial, hotel and golf interests,” according to his bio.

Trump Jr. has become a political figure himself as a major fundraiser for Republican candidates. Sources have told ABC News that he was the driving force behind a successful bid to get his father to choose JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate.

Donald Trump Jr. is the father of five children, Kai, Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe, with his ex-wife Vanessa Trump.

His oldest child, 17-year-old Kai, stepped into the political spotlight with a speech at this year’s RNC.

In his remarks, Kai described Donald Trump as a “normal” grandfather, saying, “He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren’t looking. He always wants to know how we’re doing at school. When I got that high honor. roll, he presented it to his friends, how proud he was of me.”

“A lot of people put my grandfather through hell and he’s still standing,” she said. “Grandpa, you are such an inspiration and I love you.”

Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump, born in 1981, is the middle child of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump.

Like her older brother, Ivanka Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and then went to work in the family business, the Trump Organization, in addition to starting her own eponymous fashion label in 2014.

In 2017, she left her role at the Trump Organization and moved to Washington, DC, to serve as a senior adviser to her father in the White House, a role she held for all four years of his administration.

While working in the White House, she took a leave of absence from actively managing her fashion brand, which then closed in 2018.

After playing a role in her father’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns and in the White House, Ivanka Trump announced that she would not participate in her father’s 2024 presidential campaign.

“I love my father very much. This time I choose to prioritize my young children and the privacy we create as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics,” she said in a statement in November 2022.

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, whom she married in 2009, now live in the Miami area with their three children, Arabella, Joseph and Theodore.

Both Ivanka Trump and Kushner, who also served as a senior White House adviser, joined Donald Trump on stage at the RNC, making their first public campaign appearances of this election cycle.

Eric Trump

Eric Trump, born in 1984, is the youngest child of Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump.

In a 2015 interview, Eric Trump described his father as an “incredibly funny” person.

“His humor is really one of his best qualities, and people don’t see that,” Eric Trump said. “It doesn’t make the news when he talks about serious issues. But he’s an incredibly funny, incredibly practical person.”

After graduating from Georgetown University, he entered the family business and joined the Trump Organization, where he now holds the title of executive vice president.

According to his biography, Eric Trump’s role includes overseeing “all aspects of the management and operation of the global real estate empire, including new project acquisition, development and construction.”

In 2014, Eric married his wife, Lara, with whom he shares two children, Luke and Caroline.

At this year’s RNC in Milwaukee, Caroline was photographed sitting on her grandfather’s lap.

After becoming heavily involved in her father-in-law’s 2016 presidential campaign, Lara Trump was elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee earlier this year.

Tiffany Trump

Tiffany Trump, born in 1993, is the only child of Donald Trump and his second wife, Marla Maples.

Tiffany Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and then earned her law degree from Georgetown University in 2020.

In 2022, she married Michael Boulos at Mar-a-Lago, where her father walked her down the aisle.

According to her Instagram and X profiles, Tiffany Trump’s legal work is focused on criminal justice reform and cyber national security.

Barron Trump

Barron Trump, born in 2006, is the only child of Donald and Melania Trump.

He graduated from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach in May and is now attending New York University, his father told The Daily Mail in September.

“He’s a very capable kid, but he’s not a kid anymore. He’s just gone beyond childhood. He’s, he’s doing great,” Donald Trump said of his youngest child.

In July, Barron Trump was the only one of Donald Trump’s five children absent from the stage after the former president accepted his party’s nomination on the final night of the RNC.

During the campaign, Barron Trump did not appear on the campaign trail for his father, but he did have an unofficial campaign role: podcast advisor.

As a member of Gen Z, Barron Trump was the one who introduced his father to the podcast medium, a source close to Donald Trump told ABC News. YouTuber and wrestler Logan Paul was top of mind for Barron, the source noted, and his podcast “Impaulsive” was the first Donald Trump appeared on back in June.