Barron Trump gets into politics
Donald Trump's youngest son will join him at this July's Republican National Convention.
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- Barron Trump is set to share in Donald Trump's big moment.
- Trump's youngest son will be a delegate to this July's Republican National Convention.
- Trump's other children, with the exception of Ivanka, will also be delegates.
Former President Donald Trump's youngest son is set to enter the political spotlight.
Florida Republicans selected Barron Trump, 18, as an at-large delegate to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this July. The news, first reported by Politico and NBC, underlines how the Trump family will again play a major role in their father's third straight nomination to lead the Republican Party's presidential ticket.
Barron is set to graduate high school next week, a ceremony that the former president was set to miss before Justice Juan Merchan granted Trump a break in his Manhattan criminal trial.
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are also part of the delegation. Tiffany Boulos, Trump's youngest daughter, and her husband, Michael, are also at-large delegates. Former Fox News host Kimberly Guifoyle, Trump Jr.'s fiancée, rounds out the list.
Ivanka Trump, the former president's eldest daughter, and former senior White House advisor Jared Kushner are notably absent. Trump, who also served in the Trump administration, said she would stay away from her father's bid to reclaim the White House.
Like the former president, many of the Trumps now live in Florida. Trump easily won the Sunshine State's primary and its 125 delegates. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, once Trump's best-positioned primary foe, bowed out of the race and endorsed Trump long before Floridians headed to the polls.
President Joe Biden has vowed to compete in Florida this year, but the state has increasingly moved away from its swing state roots.