After Joe Biden opted out of the Presidential race, US Vice President Kamala Harris has received endorsement from top Democrats as party nominee for the key post and has hit the campaign trail. With each passing day, the race for the White House has been hotting up and battle lines are drawn between Harris and former US President Donald Trump. As the contest gets intense, there is curiosity about the personal life of both of them. The appearance of Trump's family on the final night of the RNC aroused the interest of people in knowing more about his family.
Donald Trump, who has five children from three wives, and ten grandchildren, boasts a sprawling family, while Kamala Harris, who's married to Douglas Emhoff, has a smaller yet close-knit family. She is affectionately called "Momala" by her two stepchildren, which says a lot about her being a warm and dedicated individual. Despite their different family dynamics, both leaders share a deep commitment to their loved ones. Here's all we want to know about their family members.
Donald Trump's family
Trump's three marriages
Donald Trump has been married thrice and the names of his three wives are - late Ivana Trump, Marla Maples and Melania Trump. He married Ivana Trump in 1977 and parted ways with her in 1990. Ivana died at the age of 73 in 2022. The couple have three children - Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. He had a comparatively short-lived marriage with Marla Maples, an actress and television personality; the two were married from 1993 to 1999 and have one daughter Tiffany Trump. His third and current wife is Melania Trump who he married in the year 2005 and with whom he has a son Barron Trump. Out of the three, it was Melania who got to serve as the First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Melania Trump
She first met Trump in 1998 and instantly connected with her future husband. In one of her interviews with ABC News’ “20/20" she narrated how the former US President asked her for her number to which she replied, saying, "I will not give you my number, so if you give me your numbers I will call you." They have stood strong in the face of constant public scrutiny and rumours about divorce and the former first lady has described her husband to be a dedicated father and life partner.
Children from the union: Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka, and Eric
Donald Trump Jr.
The eldest child of Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump, this 46-year-old has been making great strides as an entrepreneur and had an estimated net worth of 200 million in 2021. He is the trustee and executive vice president of The Trump Organization, and is successfully running the company alongside his younger brother Eric. He shares a great bond with his father and at Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, while recalling the attempted assassination on his father, he said he had a 'heart of a lion'.
Ivanka Trump
An entrepreneur and an author, Ivanka has also worked as a model and runs her own fashion brand.
Eric Trump
A businessman and an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, he oversees the company's real estate and golf course operations. He is married to Lara Trump and they have two children - Luke and Caroline.
Tiffany Trump
Tiffany is Donald Trump's fourth child Marla Maples' only daughter. The 31-year-old is a television personality, socialite, and lawyer. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2020.
Barron TrumpBarron Trump, the youngest of his children, is the only child of Donald Trump and his current wife Melania Trump. The 18-year-old leads a relatively private life.
Meet Donald Trump's grandchildren
Donald Trump is a doting grandfather to ten grandchildren. His eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump, with who he was married from 2005 to 2018, he has five grandchildren - Kai, Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are parents of Arabella, Joseph, and Theodore. Eric Trump and Lara Trump have two children Luke and Carolina.
Kai describes his grandfather Trump quite affectionately saying: "He gives us candy and soda when our parents are not looking. He always wants to know how we're doing in school. When I made the high honor roll, he presented it out to his friends how proud he was of me."
Kamala Harris
Vice President Harris is married to Douglas Emhoff, an American lawyer, and loves bonding with her stepchildren Cole and Ella. Harris made history as the first stepmother to be America's vice president.
Harris is quite fond of her step-children and describe them as "my endless source of love and pure joy."
"They are really a unit, like a three-person parenting squad. It's really cool," Ella Emhoff had told New York Times in 2021 of her three-parent squad that included her mom, dad and Harris.
Doug Emhoff
Kamala Harris in her 2019 memoir describes how she was clear about her future with Doug, a Log-Angeles based entertainment lawyer when she first met him in 2013 on a blind date. She wrote an email to him which read- "I'm too old to play games or hide the ball ... I really like you, and I want to see if we can make this work." The two got married a year later in 2014. While this is Harris's first marriage, Doug gave matrimony a second chance with this one.
Doug told People: "Behind the scenes she's just a wonderful, caring, loving wife and great mom, auntie, friend. She loves to laugh, which is a good thing. She loves to cook, she loves music. And so she's just someone who's a great partner in every sense of the word."
Cole Emhoff
Named after celebrated American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, Cole works in entertainment and worked as an assistant on the 2020 hit film Minari and in the 2022 remake of Father of the Bride.
Ella Emhoff
Ella Rose Emhoff body of work include modelling, and she is also an artist, and a fashion designer. Balancing her love for sports and passion for fashion, Emhoff was a member of the swimming and basketball teams at Wildwood School in 2018, while she also studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, besides majoring in fine arts.
