How President-Elect Donald Trump's Son Barron Altered His Campaign

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Ivana Trump was the archetypal woman of Former President Donald Trump. Born successful Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia—now Zlín of the Czech Republic—in 1949, she roseate to fame arsenic a competitory skier. And, acknowledgment to her matrimony to Austrian skis teacher Alfred Winklmayr in 1971, Ivana was capable to question often extracurricular of Czechoslovakia.

According to her publication Raising Trump, the exemplary met Donald 3 years aft her 1973 divorcement during a New York trip, wherever she'd traveled for a Canadian manner amusement up of the Montreal Olympics. They wed successful 1977 and welcomed 3 kids: Donald Trump Jr. calved successful 1977, Ivanka Trump calved successful 1981 and Eric Trump calved successful 1984.

The pair's divorcement was finalized successful 1992 pursuing his matter with Marla Maples, whom helium aboriginal married.

However, Ivana—who past joined Riccardo Mazzucchelli for 2 years followed by Rossano Rubicondi for little than a year—and Donald remained connected bully terms.

“Donald during the divorcement was brutal,” she told ABC News successful 2017. “He took the divorcement arsenic a concern deal, and helium cannot lose. He has to win. So helium took astir 2 years. And aft the last concern was straightened up, we would conscionable speech and we are friends.”

Ivana died successful 2022 astatine property 73. According to NBC News, the New York City Medical Examiner said she died of “blunt interaction injuries” and that her mode of decease was an accident. A elder NYC authoritative with nonstop cognition added the circumstances were accordant with a autumn connected the stairs successful her New York apartment.

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In 1977, Ivana and Donald welcomed their eldest lad Donald Trump Jr. He began moving for his father’s institution The Trump Organization successful 2001 and present serves arsenic the enforcement vice president. Don Jr. has besides been progressive successful his dad’s governmental campaigns, including speaking astatine rallies and the Republican National Convention during his father's statesmanlike runs.

He shares 5 children with his ex-wife, exemplary Vanessa Haydon: Kai (who made a code astatine the 2024 Republican National Convention) Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe. Don Jr. is present engaged to Fox News alum Kimberly Guilfoyle.

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Four years aft the accomplishment of Don Jr., Donald and Ivana became parents to girl Ivanka Trump.

Before her father’s presidency, the University of Pennsylvania alum worked astatine The Trump Organization. But aft helium was elected successful 2016, the manner marque founder—who had her ain eponymous line—took connected the relation of Advisor to the President.

After her dada announced helium would beryllium moving for president again successful 2024, Ivanka revealed she would beryllium stepping retired of the governmental arena to absorption connected her household with husband, erstwhile White House elder advisor Jared Kushner, and their children Arabella, Joseph and Theodore.

“I emotion my begetter precise much,” she said successful portion of a 2022 connection obtained by NBC News. “This clip around, I americium choosing to prioritize my young children and the backstage beingness we are creating arsenic a family. I bash not program to beryllium progressive successful politics.”

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Born successful 1984, Eric Trump is the 3rd kid of Ivana and Donald. Like his brother, helium works arsenic enforcement vice president of The Trump Organization, which helium joined successful 2007. 

He is joined to Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, with whom helium shares kids Luke and Carolina.

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In Raising Trump, Ivana wrote the histrion approached her astir the matter during a travel to Aspen successful 1989. Still, Marla said connected a 2018 occurrence of the ABC podcast Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris that she “never considered” herself a mistress. 

"My volition was to ne'er bring hurt," she continued. "Do I privation much than thing that we could person had this narration aft his divorcement papers were signed? Absolutely. I mean, with each my heart. How overmuch heartache would it person saved truthful galore radical if I had seen that portion of insubstantial earlier we got involved? But it didn't hap that way." 

Marla and Donald welcomed girl Tiffany Trump successful 1993, and the mates wed aboriginal that year. However, the Dancing With the Stars alum and the 45th commandant successful main announced their separation 4 years aboriginal and finalized their divorcement successful 1999.

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After her parents’ breakup, Tiffany Trump relocated with her parent to California.

"She moved america retired of New York to get retired of the spotlight and fto maine turn up and find my ain individuality versus being successful the shadiness of a sanction oregon increasing up precise young with each that pressure,” Tiffany told People successful 2016. “So, she wanted maine to person a accidental to person a mean childhood. As mean arsenic possible. I deliberation that she did good successful that.”

She released her 2011 azygous “Like a Bird" and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania successful 2016 with a B.A. successful sociology, focusing connected instrumentality and society. She past went to Georgetown Law School, wherever she graduated with a JD successful 2020.

In 2022, Tiffany wed Michael Boulos. Her begetter announced they're expecting their archetypal baby during an October 2024 code astatine the Detroit Economic Club. "She’s an exceptional young woman," helium said during his remarks. "And she’s going to person a baby. So that’s nice.”

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Melania Trump is Donald’s 3rd woman and erstwhile First Lady of the United States. Born successful Mesto, Slovenia successful 1970, she is the 2nd First Lady to beryllium calved extracurricular of the U.S. and the lone First Lady to go a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Melania met Donald successful New York successful 1996 portion she was moving arsenic a model.

“It was a large manner enactment that my person organized, manner week, and helium invited me,” she recalled connected a 2016 occurrence of On the Record With Greta Van Susteren. “That’s however we met with Donald.”

Melania and Donald joined successful 2005, and they welcomed lad Barron Trump the pursuing year.

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Born successful 2006, Barron Trump is Donald and Melania’s lone child. While helium has lived a much backstage life—relocating with his parents from New York to unrecorded successful Washington, D.C. and past Florida—it looked similar helium mightiness participate the governmental satellite aft helium was selected successful May 2024 arsenic a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention. However, Barron declined the offer.

"While Barron is honored to person been chosen arsenic a delegate by the Florida Republican Party,” a connection from Melania’s bureau shared with NBC News astatine the clip said, “he regretfully declines to enactment owed to anterior commitments.”

Like studying, perhaps, with Barron starting his freshman twelvemonth astatine New York University successful 2024. "He was accepted to a batch of colleges," his begetter told the Daily Mail in an interrogation published Sept. 4. "He's a precise astute guy, and he'll beryllium going to Stern, the concern school, which is simply a large schoolhouse astatine NYU."