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 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 Nov. 5 election, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump shared a photo on Instagram of her husband Eric Trump after voting 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 will be so proud to call my 47th president of the united states. Donald J. Trump,” Lara Trump, also co-chair of the Republican National Committee, captioned the photo, in part.

Here’s what you need to know about Donald Trump’s family as he competes 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 … I had a great glow,” Melania told the late Barbara Walters in a 2015 interview on ABC News’ “20/20.” “He came with a date, so he asked for my 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 a bit of a lady’s man,” she continued with a laugh. “But, we had great chemistry the first time.”

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

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 property 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 several 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 harassment. 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 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 the first time she joined Donald Trump at a major campaign event this election cycle.

Donald Trump Jr.

Donald Trump Jr., who was born in 1977, 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, joining the Trump Organization.

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

Trump Jr. has become a political figure himself as a major fundraiser for Republican candidates. Sources told ABC News that he was the driving force behind a successful effort to get his father to pick 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, Kai, 17, stepped into the political spotlight with a speech at this year’s RNC.

In her remarks, Kai described Donald Trump as a “normal” grandfather, saying, “He gives us candy and juice when our parents aren’t looking. He always wants to know how we are doing at school. When I did the great honor. roll, he introduced his friends to 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 a great 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 on to work in the family business, the Trump Organization, in addition to opening her own eponymous fashion brand in 2014.

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

While working at the White House, she took time off to actively run her fashion brand, which then closed in 2018.

After playing a role in her father’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns and the White House, Ivanka Trump has announced that she will 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 do not plan to get 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 was also 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. “He’s not on the news when he’s talking about serious issues. But he’s an incredibly funny, incredibly practical person.”

After graduating from Georgetown University, he entered the family business, joining the Trump Organization, where he now holds the title of Executive Vice President.

According to his bio, 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 has two children, Luke and Caroline.

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

After getting heavily involved in her father-in-law’s 2016 presidential campaign, Lara Trump was voted 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 went on to earn her law degree from Georgetown University in 2020.

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

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

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 gifted kid, but he’s not a kid anymore. He’s just moved into something beyond the mastery of kids. 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 Generation 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 Barron’s biggest hit, the source noted, and his “Impaulsive” podcast was the first Donald Trump appeared on in June.