Election 2024: Donald Trump is father of 5, grandfather of 10 | What you need to know about his family as he fights to return to 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.

When Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention on July 18, almost his entire family was there to celebrate.

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

“Today I voted once again for a man I am proud to call my father-in-law, the grandfather of my two children and a man I am proud to call our 47th President of the United States. Donald J. Trump,” Lara Trump endorsed , who is also co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, is part of the photo.

Here’s what to know about Donald Trump’s family as he fights for a return to the White House in the 2024 presidential race.

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 sparkle,” Melania told the late Barbara Walters in a 2015 interview on ABC News’ “20/20.” “He came with a date, so he asked me for the number and I said… ‘I’m not giving you my number, so if you give me your numbers, I’ll call you.'”

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

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

In 2005, seven years after they met, 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 did not move into the White House for several months so Barron, then 10, could finish the school year.

As first lady, Melania Trump led 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 actually see what people say about me.”

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

Her appearance on the final night of the RNC with the rest of the Trump family marked her first appearance at the convention and her first time accompanying 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., went into the family business and joined the Trump Organization.

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

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 effort to have his father select JD Vance as vice presidential candidate.

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

His eldest child, 17-year-old Kai, entered the political spotlight this year with a speech at the RNC.

In her comments, 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 are doing at school. When I got the high honor roll, he showed his friends how proud he was of me.

“A lot of people put my grandpa through hell and he’s still here,” 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 went on to work in the family business, the Trump Organization, in addition to starting her own eponymous fashion brand in 2014.

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

While working in the White House, she took a step back from actively running her fashion brand, which subsequently closed in 2018.

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

“I love my father very much. This time I choose to prioritize my young children and the private life we create as a family. I have no intention of being 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 appearance 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 come across on the news when he’s talking about serious things. 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 the acquisition, development and construction of new projects.”

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 deeply 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

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

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

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

According to her profiles on Instagram and X, Tiffany Trump’s legal work focuses on criminal justice reform and national cybersecurity.

Baron 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 high-ability kid, but he’s not a kid anymore. He’s just transitioned into something beyond kiddom. 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 had 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 one Donald Trump appeared on in June.