(NewsNation) — Many of President Donald Trump’s children and in-laws have played a big role in his 2024 presidential campaign and business ventures ahead of his swearing-in on Inauguration Day.
Melania, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump attended some preinauguration events on the eve of Donald Trump’s swearing-in.
Here’s a breakdown of the 47th president’s closest family members.
Melania Trump
Melania Trump is Donald Trump’s wife and mother of his youngest child, Barron.
Born on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, she is the only first lady to become a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Her campaign as first lady, “Be Best,” aimed to promote “a world for children based on healthy living, kindness, and respect,” according to the White House. It quickly drew criticism, with CNN noting that it didn’t have specific policy or legislation goals and that much of what it accomplished came through partnerships that already existed in the federal government.
NewsNation’s Robert Sherman reported that Melania Trump missed several key moments of her husband’s campaign, including the announcement that he was running in 2024 and the first presidential debate.
However, she attended her husband’s first inauguration in 2017 and is expected to attend the 2025 ceremonies. Melania Trump attended preinauguration events Sunday.
Barron Trump
Barron Trump graduated high school in 2024. His childhood consisted of attending “prestigious” private schools on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, People magazine reported.
When his father was elected president the first time, Barron Trump and Melania Trump stayed in Manhattan so he could finish the school year, then moved to Maryland and into the White House that summer. He graduated high school in May.
People wrote that even though he’s Trump’s son, Barron Trump has largely stayed out of the spotlight.
Barron was in fifth grade when his father was first elected to the presidency.
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr. is Trump’s eldest son and an executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
The Trump Organization website states that Donald Trump Jr. “works to expand the company’s real estate, retail, commercial, hotel and golf interests” as an executive of their Florida-based business.
“He is involved in all aspects of the company’s development, from deal evaluation, analysis and pre-development planning to construction, branding, marketing, operations, sales and leasing,” the website said.
At the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump Jr. made a speech praising his father for his actions after the assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.
“It’s a choice between one team that wants to build this country up and another that wants to tear this country down,” Donald Trump Jr. said.
He was married to Vanessa Trump from 2005 to 2018, and the pair share a child, Kai Trump.
Eric Trump
Like his older brother, Eric Trump is an executive vice president at his father’s company, overseeing its management and operations, including new project acquisition, development and construction, per the Trump Organization.
Last July, Eric Trump told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo that Trump’s attempted assassination changed his father’s message and that he “probably realized what’s important in life.”
“He realized he could have been dead,” Eric Trump said. “Had he not moved his face one inch … you would have had a former president, very likely future president, get executed on TV.”
Eric Trump is married to Lara Trump, with whom he shares two children, Luke and Carolina.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
The former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, is an American TV personality and prosecutor who received a law degree from the University of San Francisco in 1994, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said.
Before entering a relationship with Donald Trump Jr., Guilfoyle was married to Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, making her a first lady from 2003 to 2005 when Newsom was mayor of San Francisco.
While the Journal Sentinel wrote that she’s probably best known for being on the Court TV show “Both Sides” and Fox News’ “The Five,” she’s made other television appearances as well and even has her own eponymous show.
While no longer engaged to Donald Trump Jr., Guilfoyle remains in the Trump orbit.
Ivanka Trump
Oldest daughter Ivanka Trump was an adviser to her father when he was president but has since said she does “not plan to be involved in politics” because she wants to prioritize her children and “the private life we are creating as a family.”
She previously served as an executive at the Trump Organization and appeared on Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.”
As part of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into the Trump Organization, Ivanka Trump testified about the company’s business practices.
She is married to Jared Kushner. The couple have three children: Arabella Rose, Joseph Frederick and Theodore James.
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump and was in her father’s closest circle of White House aides, Business Insider reported.
The publication pointed out that while Kushner’s family has a background in Democratic politics, like the former Republican president, they made their money in real estate. A former owner of the “New York Observer,” Kushner took over the family’s real estate company when his father, Charles, was convicted in 2005 of filing false tax returns, retaliating against a cooperating witness and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission.
Donald Trump later pardoned Charles Kushner in 2020.
After serving in Trump’s administration, Kushner founded investment firm Affinity Partners.
Tiffany Trump
Donald Trump’s youngest daughter and only child with ex-wife Marla Maples, Tiffany Trump went to the University of Pennsylvania before getting a law degree from Georgetown.
Tiffany Trump married Michael Boulous in 2022.
Marla Maples
Tiffany Trump’s mother, Marla Maples, is Donald Trump’s ex-wife. The two met in 1984, and the year after, Maples moved to New York to be a model and actor.
Maples told The Evening Standard in an interview last summer that she has never been a fan of politics but found herself “in the throes of it” when her ex-husband ran for president.
“My role was to give Tiffany strength,” Maples, now a “spirituality and wellness advocate” running marlamaples.com, said.
Now, though, the Evening Standard reported that Maples wants to “join the frontline.”
“I’m ready. I am available if needed, and I’m not sitting back anymore,” she said. “I want to step out more, share more and not be afraid of positive or negative outcomes that come from speaking out.”
Lara Trump
Lara Trump is the Republican National Convention’s co-chair. She’s been married to Eric Trump since Nov. 8, 2014, with whom she shares two children.
In her earlier years, she worked for Inside Edition and was a contributor to Fox News.
Lara Trump also spoke at the RNC. While she initially had a “very different” speech planned, Lara Trump said to CBS News that she rewrote it in light of the assassination attempt on the former president.
In her interview with the news outlet, Lara Trump said her focus was “on this election right now to get my father-in-law reelected.”
“And then you never know,” she added. “Never say never with Trump.”
Kai Trump
Kai Trump, Donald Trump’s eldest grandchild, made her first foray into the political arena when she made a speech at the RNC back in July.
“I’m speaking today to share the side of my grandpa that people don’t often see. To me, he’s just a normal grandpa,” Kai Trump, 17, said. “He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren’t looking. He always wants to know how we’re doing in school.”
Her social media shows her to be an avid golfer, along with Donald Trump, with whom she posted a picture after winning a tournament on one of his Florida golf courses.
Kai, who was 9 years old during Trump’s first inauguration, is an up-and-coming social media influencer.
Her parents are Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump.
Vanessa Trump
Vanessa Trump is Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife and mother of Kai and four other children.
She’s a former model, working both on the runway and in commercials.