Donald Trump Jr. has reportedly broken up with Kimberly Guilfoyle and is dating Bettina Anderson.
Anderson attended the RNC in July but was first linked to Trump Jr. in September.
Anderson hosted a Trump campaign fundraiser in October and attended the inauguration with Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson appeared to make their public debut as a couple at President Donald Trump's inauguration following months of speculation about the nature of their relationship.
Trump Jr., who is Trump's oldest son, was previously engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host and campaign advisor whom Trump chose to serve as his administration's ambassador to Greece.
Anderson, a Palm Beach socialite, model, and founder and executive director of the wildlife conservation nonprofit Project Paradise, was first spotted in the Trump family's orbit at the Republican National Convention in July.
Representatives for Trump Jr., Guilfoyle, and Anderson did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
Here's a timeline of their relationship.
July 2024: Bettina Anderson was seated behind Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle at the Republican National Convention.
Anderson was photographed sitting behind Trump Jr., Guilfoyle, and other members of the Trump family on the third and fourth days of the Republican National Convention.
Guilfoyle was still wearing her engagement ring.
September 2024: The Daily Mail reported that Anderson and Trump Jr. were seen kissing and eating brunch together in Palm Beach.
Anderson and Trump Jr. were photographed dining together at The Honor Bar, a restaurant located around 4 miles from Mar-a-Lago, The Daily Mail reported.
Neither responded to a request for comment in September about the nature of their relationship.
October 2024: Anderson cohosted a Trump campaign fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago featuring Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Tickets to the fundraising dinner cost $100,000 per couple, and admission to a fireside chat cost $30,000 per couple, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. Serving on the hosting committee of the event required a $250,000 contribution.
December 2024: Anderson and Trump Jr. were photographed holding hands in Palm Beach, and Anderson tagged him in her Instagram story.
Anderson and Trump Jr. were photographed holding hands as they left Buccan, a restaurant in Palm Beach, on Anderson's 38th birthday, the Daily Mail reported.
Anderson also shared a photo on her Instagram story of a bouquet of flowers and a card reading, "Many have said you're aging out but I think you're perfect...happy birthday!" She tagged Trump Jr. in the post, appearing to indicate that he was the sender.
Later that month, Anderson joined Trump Jr. at the Trump family's New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago.
December 2024: Trump Jr. told Page Six that he and Guilfoyle "will never stop caring for each other."
While Trump Jr. did not officially confirm that he and Guilfoyle had broken off their engagement, he said in a statement to Page Six that they "will always keep a special bond" and that he "could not be more proud of her and the important role she'll continue to play in my father's administration" as ambassador to Greece.
January 2024: Anderson and Trump Jr. attended inauguration events together in what appeared to mark their public debut as a couple.
Anderson and Trump Jr. attended an inaugural reception at Trump National Golf Club in Washington, DC, on January 18. On January 19, they held hands and danced to "YMCA" with The Village People at the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball.
Anderson and Trump Jr. traveled to the Capitol Rotunda together on Inauguration Day but sat separately for the ceremony. Trump Jr. sat with his family members on the inaugural platform, while Anderson took her seat in the crowd.
Guilfoyle was also seated in the audience for the inauguration, not with the Trump family as she had been at the RNC.
Winter Storm Enzo hit the Gulf Coast on Tuesday with heavy snowfall from Florida to Texas.
New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, received record-breaking amounts of snow.
Snow blanketed landmarks such as Bourbon Street, Myrtle Beach, and Pensacola's Naval Air Station.
Winter Storm Enzo blanketed the Gulf Coast in snow on Tuesday and Wednesday, with winter storm warnings and heavy snowfall in Southern states from Florida to Texas.
Pensacola, Florida, received 7.6 inches of snow, breaking a record set in 1954. Snowfalls in New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, also broke decades-old records, according to the National Weather Service.
Schools and businesses shuttered across the South, and over 25,000 homes and businesses in Florida were left without power as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Poweroutage.us.
Photos show landmarks across the South covered in snow from the rare winter storm.
Naval Air Station Pensacola, the Navy base that hosts the National Naval Aviation Museum, was closed except for mission-essential personnel.
In South Carolina, Myrtle Beach's oceanside SkyWheel Ferris wheel closed for the week due to 5.5 inches of snowfall.
The grounds of the South Carolina State House in Columbia were covered in snow.
New Orleans received 8 inches of snow, shuttering popular tourist spots like Café Du Monde, which is known for its beignets.
New Orleans' famous Bourbon Street was largely empty on Tuesday due to the winter weather.
Heavy snowfall obscured signs at Caesars Superdome advertising Super Bowl LIX on February 9.
Snow clung to the branches of the oak trees in New Orleans' City Park.
Up to 6 inches of snow fell in parts of Houston, including a dusting at Daikin Park, home of the Houston Astros.
Locals went sledding at Buffalo Bayou Park near downtown Houston — a rare occurrence in Texas.
Ivanka Trump wore diamond jewelry with a total value of $1.1 million at Donald Trump's inauguration.
She wore the jewelry with gowns designed by Oscar de la Renta and Givenchy.
Her diamond pieces came from Leviev, a jewelry brand owned by Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev.
Ivanka Trump wore over $1.1 million worth of diamond jewelry from Leviev at events held in honor of President Donald Trump's inauguration.
At a dinner the night before the inauguration, Ivanka Trump wore a custom Oscar de la Renta dress embroidered with crystals and pearls along with diamond and platinum pear-shaped drop earrings from Leviev. The 18.08-carat earrings retail for $900,000, a Leviev representative told Business Insider.
At the Liberty Inaugural Ball after the swearing-in ceremony, Ivanka Trump wore two more pieces from Leviev: a diamond necklace totaling 50 carats and 10-carat diamond cluster earrings. The necklace retails for around $180,000 and the earrings cost $60,000, the representative said.
Between the two events, Ivanka Trump's inaugural jewelry totaled just over $1.1 million in value.
The jewelry brand was founded by Lev Leviev, an Israeli diamond magnate with ties to Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner.
In 2015, Kushner bought four floors of the former New York Times headquarters from Africa Israel Investments, of which Leviev is the controlling shareholder, and its partner, Five Mile Capital, for $295 million.
Kushner will reportedly continue to advise his father-in-law on Middle East affairs in an unofficial capacity, while Ivanka Trump has made clear that she's done with politics.
The Oval Office has been expanded, renovated, and redecorated several times throughout US history.
Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first term.
Truman renovated the State Dining Room in the '50s, and Jacqueline Kennedy restored it in the '60s.
The White House has 132 rooms, and each new US president gets $100,000 to redecorate them.
With every new president comes new design choices, often reflecting their values and political views.
We traced the histories of three significant White House rooms — the Oval Office, the Blue Room, and the State Dining Room — to see how their designs have changed over the years.
The Oval Office is the president's formal work space.
The office's oval shape was inspired by the shape of the Blue Room on the first floor, according to the White House Historical Association.
It was completed in 1909 under President William Taft.
The Oval Office was designed by architect Nathan C. Wyeth.
A fire destroyed much of the West Wing in 1929, so President Herbert Hoover restored and expanded it in 1930.
Among Hoover's upgrades was the Oval Office's first telephone.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt redesigned and moved the Oval Office in 1934.
Roosevelt expanded the West Wing to accommodate more staff. The Oval Office was moved to the southeast corner of the White House, which had initially been a laundry-drying yard.
He also added details like a ceiling medallion.
The ceiling depicts the Presidential Seal.
First lady Jacqueline Kennedy had the Resolute Desk restored in 1963.
The Resolute Desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.
President Gerald Ford added his own touch with a burgundy color scheme and striped couches in 1975.
Striped sofas were a popular furniture trend in the '70s.
President George H.W. Bush's Oval Office redecoration included a new rug with a gold Presidential Seal, new drapes, a coffee table, and two tall armchairs.
The armchairs on either side of the Resolute Desk, dating back to Hoover's time in the White House, were reupholstered in blue.
First lady Nancy Reagan designed a new Oval Office rug for her husband, President Ronald Reagan.
The rug featured olive branches along the border and sunbeam designs around the presidential seal in the center.
President Bill Clinton had a new blue rug and gold curtains installed.
The rug was made by The Scott Group of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
President George W. Bush preferred neutral tones for his Oval Office rug.
The new gold rug featured a sunbeam design.
President Barack Obama added red curtains, striped wallpaper, and a new rug also made by The Scott Group.
The rug featured the Martin Luther King Jr. quote: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.''
During his first term, President Donald Trump reinstalled Clinton's gold curtains, lay down Ronald Reagan's rug, and added a portrait of President Andrew Jackson.
President Joe Biden removed Trump's portrait of Andrew Jackson and hung one of FDR, a progressive who guided the country out of troubled times.
In addition to Roosevelt, the wall featured portraits of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton hung together to symbolize the benefits of different opinions.
Biden's Oval Office also included busts of fellow progressives and activists showcased throughout the room: Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
When Trump returned to the White House for his second term in 2025, he brought back the portrait of Jackson and the Reagan rug.
The oval shape dates back to President George Washington's practice of holding levees, formal greeting receptions inspired by English court, according to the White House Historical Association.
FDR used the Blue Room as his temporary office while the Oval Office was being remodeled in 1934.
By 1940, Roosevelt cleared out and returned to the Oval Office.
During Kennedy's presidency, the Blue Room displayed various antiques and paintings.
It also featured striped wallpaper.
Heavy blue curtains covered the windows in the 1970s.
The striped wallpaper was replaced with dark blue.
When Hillary Rodham Clinton served as first lady, she unveiled a renovated Blue Room in 1995.
The room was remodeled after the Committee for the Preservation of the White House recommended that it be refurbished.
Most notably, the blue wallpaper was replaced with yellow wallpaper during the renovations.
The Blue Room isn't just for ceremonial greetings. In 2001, President George W. Bush met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair there before addressing the nation in the wake of September 11.
The Blue Room is particularly festive during the holidays.
For the Obamas' first Christmas in the White House in 2009, the Blue Room was adorned with an 18-foot high Douglas fir illuminated with LED lights.
The Blue Room houses the official White House Christmas tree.
In 2021, first lady Jill Biden decorated the tree with doves carrying a banner with the names of every US state and territory.
The State Dining Room is where the White House hosts state and holiday dinners, as well as the occasional meeting.
The menu is usually chosen by the first lady.
The State Dining Room was green during President Theodore Roosevelt's presidency in 1904.
Roosevelt expanded the State Dining Room during the 1902 White House renovation and added a moose head to the walls.
The design stayed largely the same until President Harry Truman renovated the entire White House in 1952.
Jacqueline Kennedy restored much of the White House, including the State Dining Room, in the early 1960s.
She conducted a tour of the newly restored White House that was watched by more than 80 million Americans on television in 1962, according to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
During the Reagan presidency, the State Dining Room was decorated with yellow drapes and red tablecloths.
Back when Clinton was the governor of Arkansas, he spoke at the White House in the State Dining Room in 1987.
The State Dining Room was filled with pink flowers to welcome Australian Prime Minister John Howard in 2006.
It featured a cream-colored carpet and matching curtains.
A funky purple tablecloth with green chair cushions brightened up the State Dining Room in 2012 during Obama's presidency.
The tables were set in honor of British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to the White House.
The Stat Dining Room can transform into a performance space with mood lighting.
The State Dining Room was dramatically lit in purple in 2015 for a post-state dinner reception for the prime minister of Japan.
Trump was the first president since the 1920s to not host a state dinner during his first year in office.
He did host two state dinners during his presidency: President Emmanual Macron of France in 2018 and Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia in 2019.
Biden used the room for meetings and formal events, but he didn't host a state dinner until almost two years into his time in office.
During Biden's presidency, the State Dining Room featured the same curtains and rug from the Trump administration.
For his first state dinner in 2022, Biden hosted French President Emmanuel Macron in a glass pavilion on the South Lawn of the White House.
The event featured a performance by Jon Batiste and a menu including Maine lobster and crème fraîche ice cream.
Lee Greenwood and Carrie Underwood sang during the ceremony.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were sworn in on Monday, marking the end of former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris' time in the White House.
The inauguration was held inside the Capitol Rotunda due to winter weather. Former presidents, Trump family members, tech billionaires, and members of Congress attended the packed ceremony.
Photos show the biggest moments from the event.
Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, the Bidens greeted the Trumps on the North Portico of the White House.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff also greeted Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance.
Attendees took their seats in the Capitol Rotunda, where the inauguration was held due to freezing temperatures.
Tech billionaires, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk, were seated on the inaugural platform.
Former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama took their seats in the Rotunda.
Vice President JD Vance was the first to be sworn in.
President Donald Trump took the oath of office at noon, per tradition.
Melania Trump's hat intercepted a kiss from her husband.
"The golden age of America begins right now," Trump said in his inaugural address, which included numerous policy proposals.
After Trump's address, Carrie Underwood sang "America the Beautiful."
The Bidens departed the Capitol on Marine One, completing the peaceful transfer of power.
Elon Musk addressed a crowd of Trump supporters during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena.
Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday evening using his signature Sharpie marker.
While answering questions and signing executive orders in the Oval Office, Trump held up a letter left for him by Biden.
At the Commander in Chief Ball on Monday evening, Trump and Vance cut a large cake with sabers.
Trump and the first lady arrive at the Liberty Ball.
Before Trump arrived at the Liberty Ball, Billy Ray Cyrus entertained the crowd.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump also made an appearance at the Liberty Ball.
Trump and members of his family danced on stage at the ball.
The family also danced at the Starlight Ball, the final event of Monday's inauguration.
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance also took to the dancefloor.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were inaugurated on Monday.
Trump and Vance were both sworn in on family Bibles. Trump also used Abraham Lincoln's Bible.
Melania Trump wore an outfit by Adam Lippes and a hat by Eric Javits, both American designers.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were sworn in on Monday in a ceremony full of meaningful symbols and hidden details.
Here's what you may have missed during the event.
First Lady Melania Trump wore a navy coat and skirt by American designer Adam Lippes.
"The tradition of the presidential inauguration embodies the beauty of American democracy and today we had the honor to dress our first lady, Mrs. Melania Trump," Lippes said in a statement to Vogue. "Mrs. Trump's outfit was created by some of America's finest craftsmen and I take great pride in showing such work to the world."
Jill Biden wore purple, a color that symbolizes bipartisan unity.
Jill Biden's purple ensemble was designed by Ralph Lauren.
Tech billionaires — including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk — were given priority seating over members of Trump's cabinet.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were seated in the Capitol Rotunda in front of incoming members of Trump's cabinet. Other politicians, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, watched the inauguration from an overflow room.
President Donald Trump took the oath of office on two Bibles, one that his mother gave him in 1955 and one that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln.
He used the same two Bibles during his first inauguration in 2017.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whom Usha Vance clerked for, administered Vice President JD Vance's oath of office.
President Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States on Monday.
Both Jill Biden and Melania Trump wore outfits by American designers.
Usha Vance, the second lady, wore a pink coat, while Ivanka Trump wore a green skirt suit.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance took the oath of office on Inauguration Day on Monday.
Political spouses, Trump family members, and other VIPs attended the festivities, which included the official swearing-in ceremony and black-tie events.
Here are the most notable inauguration outfits.
At the vice-presidential dinner on Saturday, Usha Vance, the second lady, wore a custom black velvet Oscar de la Renta gown.
Ivanka Trump wore a custom Oscar de la Renta dress embroidered with crystals and pearls to an inaugural dinner on Sunday.
On Inauguration Day, Melania Trump, the first lady, wore a navy coat and skirt by the American designer Adam Lippes with a wide-brimmed hat by Eric Javits.
Jill Biden, the former first lady, wore a purple coat and dress designed by Ralph Lauren, a color often worn to symbolize bipartisan unity.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris wore a black pantsuit with zipper detailing.
Usha Vance wore a pink Oscar de la Renta coat and scarf with tan Manolo Blahnik boots.
Many of Trump's children and their families wore dark blues.
Ivanka Trump wore an asymmetrical forest-green Dior skirt suit to the inauguration with a matching beret and black stilettos.
Tiffany Trump accessorized her blue velvet dress with Christian Louboutin boots.
Trump's granddaughter Kai Trump wore a gray turtleneck sweater dress and a necklace with a gold heart pendant.
Former President George W. Bush wore a navy suit and blue tie. The former first lady Laura Bush wore a rust-colored dress with a pearl necklace and pearl earrings.
Former President Bill Clinton and the former secretary of state Hillary Clinton coordinated in deep-blue outfits. Hillary Clinton wore a Stella McCartney pantsuit and accessorized with a Peace on Earth brooch from the jewelry designer Ann Hand.
Former President Barack Obama wore a black suit and a striped blue tie. The former first lady Michelle Obama didn't attend the inauguration.
Former Vice President Mike Pence wore a black suit and blue speckled tie.
Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' fiancée, wore a white Alexander McQueen suit and a white lace bra.
Melania Trump let her hair down and changed into a black-and-white dress by Hervé Pierre for the Commander-in-Chief Ball.
Usha Vance switched to a sequined blue dress as she appeared with her husband, Vice President JD Vance, at the Commander-in-Chief Ball.
Ivanka Trump wore a Givenchy haute-couture gown to the Liberty Ball. Kushner matched her look in a black tuxedo.
Kai Trump wore a sparkly Sherri Hill dress to the Liberty Ball.
On March 4, 1925, nearly 100 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated for a second time.
He served a partial term beginning in 1923 after the death of President Warren G. Harding.
Coolidge's inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the radio, with 22.8 million listeners.
On January 20, Donald Trump will be inaugurated for his second non-consecutive term as president in a tradition as old as the United States itself.
Nearly 100 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge took the same oath of office outside the Capitol. His inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the radio, and he did not host any inaugural balls as part of his efforts to curb excessive government spending.
In honor of the coming inauguration, here's a look back at what the celebrations looked like a century ago.
President Calvin Coolidge, first lady Grace Coolidge, Vice President Charles Dawes, and second lady Caro Dawes posed together at the White House before leaving for the inauguration.
Calvin Coolidge served a partial term beginning in 1923 after the death of President Warren G. Harding and was reelected in 1924.
Charles Dawes was chosen as Coolidge's vice presidential nominee at the 1924 Republican National Convention.
Onlookers lined the streets of Washington, DC, to catch a glimpse of the president.
Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge rode to the inauguration in a convertible automobile accompanied by a mounted honor guard and cavalry escort.
At a press conference ahead of the inauguration, Calvin Coolidge said he intended for the event to be "moderate in its proportions and moderate in its expenditures." He saved the joint Congressional Inaugural Committee $16,000 by reducing the size of the parade and the amount of security, stands, and decorations, according to the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Vendors sold souvenir buttons to commemorate the event.
The buttons featured the faces of Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes. Today, the mementos are rare collectibles.
Crowds gathered outside the Capitol to watch the inauguration.
Around 30,000 people attended the 1925 inauguration, UPI reported.
Chief Justice and former President William Howard Taft administered the oath of office — the first time a former president swore in another president.
Grace Coolidge did not hold the Bible for her husband's swearing-in ceremony. In 1964, Lady Bird Johnson became the first incoming first lady to hold the Bible for her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson.
In his inaugural address, Calvin Coolidge spoke about the need to cut taxes and reduce wasteful government spending.
"The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the government," he said. "Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we prudently save means that their life will be so much the more abundant."
Coolidge's inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the radio. Around 22.8 million listeners tuned in.
The ceremony was broadcast across the country over AT&T telephone wires. Photos of the event were also sent to newsrooms via wire photography transmissions. From Washington, DC, it took seven minutes for photos to reach New York City and an hour to reach Los Angeles, according to the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Calvin Coolidge did not throw or attend any inaugural balls, though some private charity balls were held in his honor.
The United States Navy Band Orchestra performed at a charity inaugural ball held in honor of Calvin Coolidge at the Mayflower Hotel, even though the president himself wasn't in attendance.
Former Ohio Sen. JD Vance will serve as Donald Trump's vice president.
A former Trump critic, Vance rose to fame as the author of a bestselling memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy."
Vance was elected to the Senate in 2022 and became an outspoken supporter of Trump.
Donald Trump's dramatic Veepstakes came to an end with the selection of JD Vance as the former president's running mate in June. As of Inauguration Day, the former senator from Ohio will serve as the next vice president of the United States.
Despite winning the coveted spot as Trump's No. 2, though, Vance has had a winding path through Trumpism and politics overall.
Here are 10 things you need to know about Vance, the 50th vice president and heir apparent to the MAGA movement.
Born James Donald Bowman in Middletown, Ohio, JD Vance grew up in the Rust Belt and joined the Marines after high school.
Vance served in Iraq as a public affairs marine, escorting members of the press and writing stories about service members. He wrote in his 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," that the Marine Corps "taught me how to live like an adult."
"It was in the Marine Corps where I first ordered grown men to do a job and watched them listen; where I learned that leadership depended far more on earning the respect of your subordinates than on bossing them around; where I discovered how to earn that respect; and where I saw that men and women of different social classes and races could work as a team and bond like family," he wrote, according to an excerpt published by Military.com.
He went on to study at Ohio State University and Yale Law School.
Vance majored in political science and philosophy at Ohio State and graduated summa cum laude. He then graduated from Yale Law School in 2013.
While at Yale, law professor and "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" author Amy Chua encouraged Vance to write a memoir about his upbringing.
Before becoming an author and politician, Vance worked at a venture capital firm backed by billionaire Peter Thiel.
As a law student, Vance attended a talk by PayPal founder Peter Thiel. He wrote in The Lamp in 2020 that it was "the most significant moment" of his time at Yale.
After two clerkships and a brief career in corporate law, Vance began working at Mithril Capital, a firm backed by Thiel, in 2016. A year later, he moved to Revolution, a VC firm in Washington, DC.
He wrote a best-selling memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy."
Vance published "Hillbilly Elegy" in the summer of 2016, before Trump was elected or projected to win the presidency. The memoir, which became a New York Times bestseller, focuses on Vance's experience growing up poor in Ohio and Kentucky and was largely read as an honest illustration of America's white working class. After Trump won, many turned to the book as an explanation for Trump's meteoric and unexpected rise.
A movie adaptation of "Hillbilly Elegy" came out on Netflix in 2020.
Vance is married to former litigator Usha Chilukuri Vance.
Vance met his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, when they were both students at Yale Law School. In "Hillbilly Elegy," he wrote that Chilukuri Vance was his "Yale spirit guide" who encouraged him to seek opportunities within the elite institution. They wed in 2014.
Chilukuri Vance clerked for Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the US Court of Appeals before he became a Supreme Court Justice and also clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts, The New York Times reported. She worked as a litigator at the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, then quit her job when Trump chose Vance as his running mate.
Vance and his wife have three young children.
They have two sons, Ewan and Vivek, and a daughter, Mirabel.
In February, Vance read "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss on the Senate floor in honor of Vivek's 4th birthday.
Vance started out as a "Never Trumper," but slowly changed his tune and embraced the former president.
When he published "Hillbilly Elegy," Vance was a self-described "Never Trumper" and even called the former president "reprehensible" in a now-deleted X post.
As the years — and Trump presidency — wore on, though, Vance started to take a different approach. He told The Financial Times in 2018 that the former president "recognizes the frustration that exists in large parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and so forth."
Come 2020, Vance supported Trump's campaign and expressed regret for his previous stance. The tide turned in both directions, as Trump began to support Vance's foray into politics.
In 2021, Vance entered a crowded Senate primary race.
A junior congressman, Vance was only elected to the Senate in 2022 but has since become one of Trump's most loyal supporters. He entered a cramped Ohio primary in 2021 in the mold of an unrelenting Trump supporter and anti-elitist.
Vance embraced the former president's policies and eventually earned his coveted endorsement. With Trump's blessing, he catapulted through the primary and into Congress.
Vance served on various congressional committees and represents the "New Right."
In the Senate, Vance serves on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; the Joint Economic Committee; and the Special Committee on Aging. Like Trump, he has an isolationist bent on foreign policy and takes a hard-line approach to immigration.
During his limited time in office, Vance has come to embody what Politico dubbed the "New Right" movement — an ill-defined coalition of younger conservatives who are trying to push the Republican party toward more populism, conservatism, and nationalism.
Vance will be one of the youngest vice presidents in US history.
Trump announced Vance as his vice presidential pick in a post on Truth Social in June. In it, he celebrated Vance's business background and said that, as vice president, the youngster "will do everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN."
Together, they went on to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in the 2024 election.
Upon taking the oath of office, 40-year-old Vance will become one of the youngest vice presidents in the nation's history — as well as the first millennial VP — and well-positioned to inherit the MAGA crown.
JD Vance, who will serve as Donald Trump's vice president, is a former senator from Ohio.
Vance met his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, while they were both students at Yale Law School.
They wed in both Christian and Hindu ceremonies in 2014 and have three children.
When Fox News asked Usha Chilukuri Vance in June how she felt about her husband, JD Vance, being considered as Donald Trump's running mate, she told host Lawrence Jones that she was "not raring to change anything about our lives right now."
But it later appeared she came around, standing alongside Vance and Trump at the Republican National Convention as her husband was officially nominated to join the ticket and again at the Trump campaign's victory party in November.
Vance, the junior senator from Ohio and bestselling author of "Hillbilly Elegy," and Chilukuri Vance, a litigator whose résumé includes a Supreme Court clerkship, met as students at Yale Law School and wed in 2014.
Here's a look inside the relationship of the newest GOP power couple who will serve as vice president and second lady.
Born in Ohio and raised by his grandparents in Kentucky, JD Vance joined the Marines and graduated from Ohio State University.
Vance served as a public affairs marine in Iraq, liaising between service members and members of the press. After his military service, he majored in political science and philosophy at Ohio State University.
Usha Chilukuri Vance studied history at Yale and taught American history in Guangzhou as a Yale-China Teaching Fellow.
Chilukuri Vance grew up in a suburb of San Diego. Her parents are Indian immigrants.
Chilukuri Vance told Fox News in June that her parents' Hindu faith was "one of the things that made them such good parents, that make them very good people."
The couple met while they were students at Yale Law School.
In law school, Chilukuri Vance served as executive development editor of the Yale Law Journal and managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology, according to a bio on the website of her former employer, Munger, Tolles & Olson, that has since been removed.
She also worked pro bono with the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic, the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, and the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project.
Chilukuri Vance told NBC News in 2017 that she and Vance took all of their classes together and were friends before they started dating. When they were assigned to work on a brief together, Chilukuri Vance said she was impressed by his diligence.
"I've never seen anybody so starstruck," their law school professor, Amy Chua, said of Vance in an interview with NBC News. "It was love at first sight."
They wed in 2014 and held both Christian and Hindu ceremonies.
Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, The American Conservative reported. Chilukuri Vance was raised Hindu.
When asked about their interfaith marriage in a June interview with Fox News, Chilukuri Vance replied: "There are a lot of things that we just agree on, I think, especially when it comes to family life, how to raise our kids. So I think the answer really is that we just talk a lot."
In 2016, Vance published his best-selling memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," in which he wrote about his relationship with Chilukuri Vance.
Vance's memoir details his working-class upbringing and the lives of poor, white Americans. He also wrote about how Chua, his professor, encouraged him to focus on his relationship with Chilukuri Vance as a Yale law student.
When Vance asked Chua to recommend him for a federal clerkship, she warned him that it's "the type of thing that destroys relationships."
"Amy's advice stopped me from making a life-altering decision. It prevented me from moving a thousand miles away from the person I eventually married," Vance wrote.
"Most important, it allowed me to accept my place at this unfamiliar institution — it was okay to chart my own path and okay to put a girl above some shortsighted ambition," he continued. "My professor gave me permission to be me."
After law school, Vance worked at VC firms while Chilukuri Vance landed prestigious clerkships.
Vance worked at Mithril Capital, a VC firm backed by Peter Thiel, in 2016. One former coworker previously told Business Insider that Vance was often away from the job promoting his book, "Hillbilly Elegy."
Thiel ended up being instrumental in Vance's rise to power in politics, donating $15 million to his Senate campaign and encouraging Trump to choose Vance as his running mate, The New York Times reported.
Vance went on to work at Revolution, a VC firm in Washington, DC, before founding his own firm, Narya Capital, in 2019.
Meanwhile, Chilukuri Vance worked as a litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson before leaving to clerk for Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the US Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Following her clerkships, she returned to Munger, Tolles & Olson, according to a bio on the firm's website that has since been removed.
They have three children.
Their first child, Ewan, was born a month before Chilukuri Vance began her clerkship with Chief Justice Roberts, NBC News reported. They also have another son, Vivek, and a daughter, Mirabel.
Chilukuri Vance appeared in a political ad and at campaign events when Vance ran for Congress in 2022.
In the ad, Chilukuri Vance described her husband as "an incredible father" and "my best friend."
In an interview with Newsmax about the ad, Chilukuri Vance also responded to media reports about Vance's dramatic transformation from a "Never Trumper" to a staunch Trump supporter.
"Sometimes people say that he's changed a lot, but the truth is I've known him now for so many years and he's always been so true to himself," she said.
As Trump vetted Vance for the vice presidency, Chilukuri Vance expressed ambivalence about the possibility of him being chosen.
"I'm not raring to change anything about our lives right now, but I really believe in JD and I love him, so we'll see what happens with our lives," she told Fox News in June 2024.
When Trump chose Vance as his 2024 running mate in July, Chilukuri Vance quit her job as a litigator.
On the first day of the Republican National Convention, when Trump announced Vance as his vice presidential pick, a spokesperson for Munger, Tolles & Olsen told ABC News that Chilukuri Vance had left the firm.
"Usha has been an excellent lawyer and colleague, and we thank her for her years of work and wish her the best in her future career," the spokesperson said.
Chilukuri Vance spoke at the Republican National Convention about meeting and falling in love with Vance.
Chilukuri Vance said that when they first met, Vance approached their differences "with curiosity and enthusiasm."
"Although he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food from my mother, Indian food," Chilukuri Vance said in her speech. "Before I knew it, he'd become an integral part of my family, a person I could not imagine living without."
Vance acknowledged racist attacks against his wife from white supremacists.
After white nationalist Nick Fuentes questioned Vance's ability to "support white identity" with an Indian wife, Vance voiced support for Chilukuri Vance.
"Look, I love my wife so much. I love her because she's who she is," he said in an interview with Megyn Kelly in July. "Obviously, she's not a white person, and we've been attacked by some white supremacists over that. But I just, I love Usha."
He also hit back against the attacks on ABC News' "This Week," telling host Jonathan Karl in August, "Look, my attitude to these people attacking my wife is, she's beautiful, she's smart. What kind of man marries Usha? A very smart man and a very lucky man, importantly."
He continued, "Don't attack my wife. She's out of your league."
Vance thanked his "beautiful wife" in a post on X after he and Trump won the election in November.
Chilukuri Vance appeared alongside her husband and members of the Trump family at the campaign's election night event in Palm Beach, Florida.
"THANK YOU!" Vance wrote on X after the election results came in. "To my beautiful wife for making it possible to do this. To President Donald J. Trump, for giving me such an opportunity to serve our country at this level. And to the American people, for their trust. I will never stop fighting for ALL of you."
After the inauguration, the Vance family will move into the official vice presidential residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory.
President Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20.
First ladies have worn tailored suits and glamorous designer dresses to inaugural festivities.
Many first ladies' inaugural gowns are displayed at the National Museum of American History.
President Joe Biden left office on January 20, and President Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second non-consecutive term.
While the inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their tailored suits and glamorous designer dresses.
First ladies traditionally donate their Inauguration Day looks to the National Museum of American History's exhibit of inaugural gowns, which dates back to 1912.
Here's a look back at the stylish ensembles that first ladies have worn on Inauguration Day.
Grace Coolidge, 1925
Grace Coolidge was all smiles in a gray dress and top hat to match President Calvin Coolidge's during his second inauguration.
Grace Coolidge was an immensely popular first lady whose friendliness balanced Calvin Coolidge's reserved nature, according to the White House.
Lou Henry Hoover, 1929
Lou Henry Hoover wore a velvet dress with a zig-zag pattern to Herbert Hoover's inauguration.
In May 1929, she became the first first lady to appear in Vogue, Katherine A.S. Sibley wrote in "A Companion to First Ladies."
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933
The shade of Eleanor Roosevelt's inaugural gown became known as "Eleanor Blue" at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inauguration.
Eleanor Roosevelt's dress and matching wrap were made of velvet, The New York Times reported. Her gowns were designed and made entirely in the US.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1937
Eleanor Roosevelt chose a white Sally Milgrim design for her husband's second inauguration.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1941
She wore another ivory dress for Franklin D. Roosevelt's third inauguration in 1941.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945
Eleanor Roosevelt wore a pink lace gown to her husband's historic fourth inauguration.
In 1951, the 22nd Amendment was ratified, placing limits on the number of terms a president could serve.
Bess Truman, 1945
No inaugural ball was held when President Harry S. Truman was sworn in shortly after Roosevelt's death in 1945. Bess Truman wore a matching skirt suit set with a ruffled blouse when her husband took the oath of office.
Bess Truman, 1949
In 1949, Bess Truman wore a fur coat to her husband's second inauguration. Later, for the inaugural balls, she wore a gray satin dress with a silver feather pattern.
Mamie Eisenhower, 1953
Mamie Eisenhower wore a pale-pink de soie inaugural gown which was embroidered with over 2,000 rhinestones.
Mamie Eisenhower, 1957
Mamie Eisenhower's 1957 inaugural gown, designed by Nettie Rosenstein, was embroidered with pearls, crystals, and topaz.
Jacqueline Kennedy, 1961
Jacqueline Kennedy attended the inaugural balls wearing a sleeveless off-white silk chiffon gown with a matching cape that she helped design in collaboration with Ethel Frankau of Bergdorf Custom Salon.
Lady Bird Johnson, 1963
After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, his vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, took the oath of office in a haphazard ceremony aboard Air Force One. Lady Bird Johnson wore a simple dress with a pearl necklace.
Lady Bird Johnson, 1965
When Lyndon B. Johnson was reelected in 1965, Lady Bird Johnson wore a bright-yellow gown ordered from Neiman Marcus.
Pat Nixon, 1969
Pat Nixon also wore a yellow inaugural ball gown. Hers was made of silk satin and featured Swarovski crystals.
Pat Nixon, 1973
Pat Nixon wore a turquoise gown designed by Adele Simpson for President Richard Nixon's second inauguration.
Betty Ford, 1974
There were no formal inaugural festivities after Richard Nixon resigned and President Gerald Ford became president in 1974. Betty Ford wore a blue skirt suit for his swearing-in ceremony.
Rosalynn Carter, 1977
Rosalynn Carter's blue chiffon inaugural gown, designed by Mary Matise for Jimmae, was the same dress that she wore to Jimmy Carter's inauguration as governor of Georgia.
Nancy Reagan, 1981
Nancy Reagan wore a one-shouldered lace gown over silk satin to the 1981 inaugural balls. The dress and gloves were designed by James Galanos. Her beaded shoes were from David Evins.
Nancy Reagan, 1985
Nancy Reagan wore another James Galanos gown for her husband's second inauguration. The white chiffon gown was embroidered with glass beads that reportedly took more than 300 hours to apply by hand.
Barbara Bush, 1989
Barbara Bush wore a royal-blue gown with a velvet bodice to the inaugural balls. The dress' designer, Arnold Scaasi, called her "the most glamorous grandmother in the United States," according to the Smithsonian.
Hillary Clinton, 1993
Hillary Clinton wore a violet beaded lace sheath gown with a blue velvet silk overskirt to the 1993 inaugural balls. The dress was designed by Sarah Phillips and made by New York theatrical costume designer Barbara Matera Ltd.
Hillary Clinton, 1997
For Bill Clinton's second inauguration, Hillary Clinton wore an ivory gown with metallic embellishments by Oscar de la Renta.
Laura Bush, 2001
Laura Bush attended inaugural balls in a red gown by Texas designer Michael Faircloth. The dress was made of Chantilly lace embroidered with crystals over silk georgette.
Laura Bush, 2005
Laura Bush chose a silver Oscar de la Renta gown for the 2005 inaugural balls.
Michelle Obama, 2009
Michelle Obama wore a custom white inaugural gown by Jason Wu. The dress was made of white silk chiffon and sparkled with organza flower embellishments containing Swarovski crystal centers.
Michelle Obama, 2013
She wore Jason Wu again in 2013, this time choosing a red cross-halter strap gown.
Melania Trump, 2017
Melania Trump wore an off-the-shoulder white gown with a slit accompanied by a thin burgundy ribbon to the inaugural balls. The dress was designed by Hervé Pierre in collaboration with Melania Trump.
Jill Biden, 2021
There were no inaugural balls in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Jill Biden did change into a white dress and matching cashmere coat by Gabriela Hearst for the small evening celebrations. The coat was embroidered with flowers representing every US state and territory.
Melania Trump, 2025
At the 2025 inaugural balls, Melania Trump wore a strapless white gown with black trim by Hervé Pierre, who designed her first inaugural gown in 2017. A black choker and white heels completed the look.
Lefties have to endure lots of little daily struggles righties might not think about.
Swiping credit cards and cutting with scissors are just two harder tasks.
The world isn't always easy for left-handed people. While they may have the advantage in some sports, many everyday tools were designed for their right-handed counterparts.
Because only around 10% of the population is left-handed, most notebooks, scissors, and tape measures are made for righties. The placement of objects like pens and gearshifts is also typically geared toward those with a dominant right hand.
Here are 19 simple, daily tasks or experiences that can be a hassle for left-handed people.
Zipper flaps on pants block easy access from the left side.
Lefties have to reach around the flap and zip up from the other side.
If you hold a glass measuring cup in your left hand, you have to know the metric system.
Writing in spiral notebooks and three-ring binders is pretty annoying.
The rings make it impossible for left-handed people to lay their hands flat on the page and write normally. Notebooks with spirals on the top or right side are much easier to use.
In general, writing on paper is tough for lefties because they tend to smear pen ink or pencil graphite as their hands move across the page.
Desks with chairs attached are very uncomfortable.
Right-handers get to rest their arms on the surface, but lefties have to keep their elbows hovering in midair.
Pens at the bank are attached on the right side.
When you pull the pen over to the left side, the cord gets in the way of what you're trying to write.
Other parts of banking are awkward, too.
Credit card machines are designed for right-handed people.
Holding a credit card in your left hand and swiping it downward in a machine feels weird, but so does switching to your right hand if you're a leftie. Luckily, many machines are tap-to-pay now.
The pen on credit card terminals is also attached on the right side.
The cord may not be long enough to comfortably write with your left hand. If you use your right hand, your signature is probably going to be less legible.
Old-school can openers only work well in the right hand.
Lefties have to reach across the can and turn the crank at an awkward angle, which is difficult. There are left-handed can openers to avoid this issue.
US drivers almost never have cup holders on the left of their cars.
Grabbing a piping hot coffee with your non-dominant hand can be a recipe for spillage.
The number pads on keyboards are on the right.
A few companies do make left-handed keyboards for those who like to hit the number keys with their dominant hands.
If you're using a public computer, there's a good chance it's set up for right-handed users.
The mouse is probably on the right side, for example.
A typical pair of scissors presents problems for people who use their left hands.
Left-handers have to angle the blade to make an accurate cut and then squeeze the two handles together in an uncomfortable way.
Lefties need special guitars.
Some, like Jimi Hendrix, simply play a typical guitar upside down.
Some vegetable peelers don't work for lefties.
If a vegetable peeler only has one sharp side, left-handed cooks may find it difficult to position the blade and get a smooth peeling motion.
Many important camera buttons and controls are always on the right.
It may take left-handers a bit to adjust to a camera's setup.
When lefties draw along a ruler, their hands cover the numbers.
The numbers on left-handed rulers move from right to left so lefties can see them clearly as they move their pens.
When you hold a tape measure in your left hand, the numbers are upside down.
It's still readable, but it's a little more inconvenient.
Power tools typically have safety and shut-off switches on the right side.
Righties have an easier time using these switches for safety and better control whereas lefties should be extra cautious.
Rectangular dining tables can be a nuisance.
Lefties are the odd person out at rectangular dining tables. To avoid bumping elbows with the person next to them, they need to be selective about where they sit. This is less of a problem at circular tables.
This article was originally published on November 16, 2016, and was last updated on January 15, 2025.
After the White House, the Obamas moved to an 8,200-square-foot mansion in Washington, DC.
Donald Trump flew to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida instead of attending Joe Biden's inauguration.
The Bidens will likely return to their family home in Greenville, Delaware, a Wilmington suburb.
When their terms end, US presidents must move out of the country's most famous address and make other living arrangements.
Some return to the homes they lived in before becoming president, while others move into even more opulent surroundings.
Here's where presidents have lived after they left the White House.
President Woodrow Wilson stayed in Washington, DC, after his presidency, moving into 2340 South S Street in 1921.
Woodrow Wilson lived there until he died in 1924, and his wife, Edith Wilson, lived there until 1961.
Edith Wilson left their home to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to maintain, and it's now a museum.
The house features a marble entryway, a Palladian window, a sunroom over the backyard garden, and a Steinway piano that is over 100 years old.
President Harry Truman and Bess Truman moved back to their home in Independence, Missouri, when they left the White House.
The Trumans had lived at 219 North Delaware Street since they married in 1919, according to the National Park Service. The lot was originally purchased by Bess' grandfather, George Porterfield Gates, in 1867.
The house contains 14 rooms.
The former president retired without any Secret Service protection or chauffeur, and he was often spotted walking around the neighborhood.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's home and farm are located adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania.
During the Cold War, Eisenhower held meetings with world leaders there.
Eisenhower donated the property to the National Park Service in 1967, and it opened to the public in 1980.
The grounds include gardens, a teahouse, a skeet range, and a putting green, and the home features a marble mantle from the White House, according to the National Park Service.
President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, moved back to his Johnson City, Texas, ranch after leaving the White House.
Johnson grew up on the ranch and is buried there.
Johnson arranged for the National Park Service to turn his home into a museum after his death.
His home was known as the "Texas White House" since he often hosted meetings and world leaders on the ranch, according to the National Park Service.
The Nixons moved to their "Western White House" in San Clemente, California, after Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency.
The nine-bedroom, 14-bathroom estate was listed for $57.5 million in 2019 before a price hike to $65 million in 2021.
After he resigned, Nixon wrote his memoirs in the home, which was listed for $65 million in April 2021, Mansion Global reported. It was removed from the market later that year.
President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford retired to their Thunderbird Country Club house in Rancho Mirage, California.
The home sold for $1.7 million in 2012. It was only on the market for 11 days before buyers snatched it up, Palm Springs Life reported.
The custom-built home contains six bedrooms over 6,316 square feet.
The decor was characteristic of the 1970s with lime-green drapes, floral sofas, and beige carpeting.
President Jimmy Carter returned to the ranch home he built in 1961 in Plains, Georgia, and lived there until his death at the age of 100.
After their time in the White House, Barack and Michelle Obama moved into an 8,200-square-foot mansion in the Kalorama section of Washington, DC.
They leased their post-White House home from Joe Lockhart, who served as Bill Clinton's press secretary.
The home features nine bedrooms and 8.5 bathrooms.
The mansion was listed for sale on Redfin at $5.3 million in 2014 before it went off the market.
After leaving the White House, President Donald Trump flew to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The Mar-a-Lago Club is a 20-acre estate with 128 rooms and multiple pools and beaches. Trump spent a significant amount of time at Mar-a-Lago during his first presidency.
The resort's ornate decor, reminiscent of European palaces, accompanies pricey antique furniture.
The club's main building features neo-Gothic and Andalusian accents. Inside, the main living room features high ceilings and gold-plated designs over every wall.
President Joe Biden will likely return to his 6,850-square-foot home in Greenville, Delaware, a Wilmington suburb.
The Bidens' home, which overlooks a 10-acre man-made pond, features three bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms, according to Zillow.
Joe Biden often worked from his home office, a space furnished with wood paneling and leather furniture, while serving as vice president and president.
The home also features a basement studio equipped for media appearances and virtual events.
Multiple wildfires across Los Angeles have caused widespread devastation and killed 25 people.
The fires have burned over 40,000 acres with high winds making them difficult to contain.
Photos show scorched coastlines and oceanfront homes reduced to rubble.
Parts of Los Angeles are still burning from multiple wildfires that have ravaged over 40,000 acres and killed at least 25 people.
More than 200,000 Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate since the Palisades fire started on January 7, with mandatory evacuation orders continuing to affect tens of thousands of people across the area.
With wind speeds of up to 90 miles per hour, the flames spread rapidly and proved difficult to extinguish, resulting in additional fires. While the Santa Ana winds have begun to die down, forecasts show they could return early next week.
As of Thursday afternoon, the Palisades fire is 22% contained while the Eaton fire is 55% contained, CalFire reported.
Iconic Los Angeles landmarks, such as Sunset Boulevard, sustained heavy damage. Others, like the Hollywood Sign, were obscured by smoke and ash.
Photos taken across Los Angeles show the devastating damage caused by the fires.
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires were so large that the smoke was visible from space on Saturday.
Evacuated Palisades residents took shelter at the Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles as firefighters struggled to extinguish the flames.
Firefighting helicopters dropped water on the Hollywood Hills on Sunday in an effort to contain the Palisades fire.
The US National Guard enacted a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in areas affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires to prevent looting.
Some evacuees in the Pacific Palisades were forced to abandon their vehicles on the road as they fled to safety.
Evacuees in Altadena also left behind cars.
These cars at the Altadena Auto Center dealership were destroyed in the wildfires.
Residential areas across the city have sustained extensive damage.
Entire streets in the Pacific Palisades have been nearly wiped out by the powerful wildfires, creating an almost apocalyptic atmosphere.
Firefighters walked through destroyed streets to survey the damage.
Oceanfront homes on the Pacific Coast Highway were reduced to rubble.
A winged sculpture is all that remains of this home along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
This blue Volkswagen in Malibu appeared to be the only thing on this block untouched by the Palisades fire.
Some homes in the Rambla Vista neighborhood have been destroyed, while others remain intact.
One home along Pacific Coast Highway was burned entirely, except for its metal spiral staircase.
The Bank of America on Sunset Boulevard was destroyed by the Palisades fire.
Marquez Charter Elementary suffered damage in the Palisades fire, with many students' belongings left behind in the rubble.
In Malibu Beach, residents returned to their homes to search through ashes and blackened debris for any remaining items.
Injured and displaced wildlife, like this coyote, have wandered into neighborhoods.
One Pacific Palisades resident found reason to smile as she discovered a beloved doll in the scorched ruins of her home.
The Eaton fire began on January 7 and has burned through over 14,000 acres of land.
Normally bustling streets like Lake Avenue in Altadena were completely wiped out.
This home along Lake Avenue near Altadena Drive was burned to the ground, with only the fireplace remaining.
Personal items could be seen scattered on the floor of homes that burned in the Eaton fire.
People left behind full mailboxes as they evacuated.
The decimation looks like something out of a dystopian film.
The auditorium at an Altadena middle school was severely damaged.
The Altadena Community Church, which had been standing since 1947, was destroyed.
Landslides and mudslides have affected homes that weren't burned by the fires.
"I'm trying to figure out where I am in the house ... I think I'm standing in my dad's bathroom," one resident said as he sifted through the rubble of his family's burned home. "There's nothing left, just ash and bricks — there's nothing."
Here's how the fires have impacted some of the most famous landmarks in Los Angeles.
The Griffith Observatory offers free public telescopes and sweeping views of downtown Los Angeles.
The structure, which spans 67,000 square feet, includes a planetarium, observatory, and exhibits about the cosmos.
The observatory's telescopes were rendered useless due to thick clouds of smoke.
The Griffith Observatory wrote on Instagram on Wednesday that it will be closed until further notice due to the current weather and fire conditions.
The Hollywood sign, visible from the Griffith Observatory, is the most famous landmark in Los Angeles.
The Hollywood sign has been featured in countless TV shows and movies over the years as the most iconic location in the city.
As fires blazed across the city, the normally blue skies turned gray with smoke and ash.
As of Thursday, the sign was not located in an evacuation warning area, but the site is closed due to damage from surrounding fires.
After false images of the sign burning began to circulate on social media, the Hollywood Sign clarified in a Facebook post that it "continues to stand tall!"
Sunset Boulevard boasts luxury shops, restaurants, and nightlife.
The famous 1.7-mile-long Sunset Strip along Sunset Boulevard is located between Hollywood and West Hollywood.
Part of Sunset Boulevard has been hit hard by the wildfires.
Part of Sunset Boulevard, which spans 25 miles, is located in Pacific Palisades. The Palisades fire caused heavy damage, and many buildings along the famous street have burned down.
The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena is home to the UCLA Bruins college football team.
The stadium also hosts its namesake Rose Bowl Game annually on New Year's Day.
Aerial views of The Rose Bowl were obscured by smoke.
Some sports games have been postponed due to the wildfires. On Wednesday, the National Hockey League delayed a match between the Los Angeles Kings and Calgary Flames that was supposed to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The Getty Center, a giant museum complex in the Santa Monica Mountains, spans 110 acres.
Designed by architect Richard Meier, the Getty Center houses collections of paintings, manuscripts, photography, and sculptures from Europe and the US.
The effects of the wildfires could be seen in the distance behind the museum on Wednesday at sunset.
Clouds of smoke billowed around the complex, but the museum was undamaged.
The Getty Villa, situated on a 64-acre estate, houses Greek and Roman antiquities.
The Getty Villa, built by J. Paul Getty, is located about 11 miles from the Getty Museum.
Wildfires scorched the grounds of the Getty Villa, but the building itself remains safe.
Katherine E. Fleming, president and chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust, said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times that the organization "had made extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation efforts throughout the year."
"Some trees and vegetation on-site have burned, but staff and the collection remain safe," she said.
Located near the Getty Villa, the Kauffman Estate has appeared in music videos such as "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga and "Haunted" by Beyoncé.
Also known as the Villa de Leon, the French Revival estate was built in Malibu in 1927 for wool merchant Leon Kauffman.
The 12,000-square-foot mansion was barely visible in the orange sky.
Winds of up to 90 miles per hour made the California wildfires difficult to control.
The Kauffman Estate, now a private residence, appeared to still be standing as of Tuesday evening, but the extent of the damage is unclear.
Will Rogers State Historic Park in the Santa Monica Mountains was once the luxury residence of one of the highest-paid actors of the 1930s.
In the 1920s, Rogers built a ranch on the 359 acres of land he owned featuring a 31-room house, stables, and a golf course. His widow donated it to the California State Parks system in 1944.
The Palisades Fire destroyed "multiple structures" including Will Rogers' historic home, according to California State Parks.
"California State Parks mourns the loss of these treasured natural and cultural resources, and our hearts go out to everyone impacted by the devastating fires in the Los Angeles area," California State Parks director Armando Quintero said in a statement.
Melania Trump grew up in Sevnica, Slovenia, a small town of 17,611 people.
Her father was a car salesman and her mother worked in a local textile factory.
Sevnica's tourism doubled the year before she became first lady.
Before Melania Trump became a fashion model and first lady of the United States, she was Melanija Knavs, the Slovenian daughter of a car salesman and a textile factory worker.
But Trump's hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, has become a tourist destination as people have traveled to see where she spent her early years.
Here are some Sevnica landmarks from Trump's childhood.
Melania Trump grew up in Sevnica, Slovenia.
Trump was born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, on April 26, 1970.
She spent her childhood in Sevnica, a small town 30 miles away.
Sevnica is located along the Sava River in central Slovenia.
When Melania Trump was born, Slovenia was a communist country ruled by President Josip Tito and known as Yugoslavia.
Slovenia became independent in 1991.
Before Trump's rise to fame as a model and then FLOTUS, Sevnica was known for its furniture and clothing factories, as well as its annual salami festival.
Sevnica produces over 150 kinds of salami, a feat celebrated at its annual Salamiada festival.
Now, Sevnica produces a salami named after the first lady.
Sevnica's tourism doubled in the year before Donald Trump took office as interest in Melania Trump grew, a tour guide told Reuters in January 2017.
For 2017 as a whole, the number of foreigners visiting Slovenia jumped 17% when compared to the previous year, with a total of 3.4 million visitors, Reuters reported in January 2018.
The small town capitalized on its claim to fame as the former FLOTUS' hometown, offering tours, foods, and souvenirs named after her.
As a child, Trump — then known as Melanija Knavs — lived in this block of Communist-era apartments.
Her father, Viktor Knavs, worked as a car salesman. Her mother, Amalija, worked at a local textile factory.
Trump has one sister, Ines Knauss, and a half-brother, Denis Cigelnjak.
Trump attended Sevnica's Savo Kladnik Elementary School.
Mirjana Jelancic, a friend of Trump's who went on to become principal of the school, told ABC News in 2016 that the young Trump was "an angel" and "a very good student."
Her family later moved to a modest house on Ribniki Street.
When Trump and her sister, Ines, were in high school, the Knavs family moved to Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital. There, Trump was scouted by photographer Stane Jerko and signed with a modeling agency when she was 18.
Trump remained connected to her hometown over the years, donating $25,000 to a medical center there in 2005.
Trump made the donation after her wedding in 2005, The New York Times reported.
Residents of Sevnica gathered to celebrate President Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election.
Trump is the second first lady born outside the US. The first was John Quincy Adams' wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, who was born in London.
American artist Brad Downey commissioned a monument of Trump from Slovenian sculptor Ales "Maxi" Zupevc in 2019 that was erected in a field outside Sevnica.
The wooden statue, modeled after Trump's blue Ralph Lauren inauguration dress, garnered mixed reviews.
A bronze statue replaced the original wood one after it was vandalized and burned in 2020.
A plaque at the site says the new bronze statue is "dedicated to the eternal memory of a monument to Melania which stood in this location from 2019-2020."
Former US President Jimmy Carter died on December 29 at the age of 100.
His casket arrived at the US Capitol for a lying-in-state ceremony on Tuesday.
Politicians, Supreme Court justices, and members of the Carter family were in attendance.
On Tuesday, former US President Jimmy Carter's casket arrived at the US Capitol, where it will lie in state until his state funeral on Thursday.
Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981, died on December 29 at the age of 100.
Photos show lawmakers and members of the public paying their respects to the 39th president of the United States.
Ahead of former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral, his casket arrived at the Capitol to allow the American people to pay their respects.
Carter's casket will lie in state at the Capitol until his state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.
Lawmakers attended a lying-in-state ceremony on Tuesday before the Capitol Rotunda opened to the public.
President Abraham Lincoln was the first president to lie in state at the Capitol after his assassination in 1865. Carter's casket lay on the catafalque, or raised platform, designed for Lincoln, according to the Architect of the Capitol.
Carter's flag-draped casket was carried into the Capitol by military service members.
The casket was first brought to the US Navy Memorial in a tribute to Carter's Navy service on the first fleet of nuclear submarines, then transported to the Capitol on a horse-drawn carriage.
Members of the Carter family watched as his casket was placed in the center of the Capitol Rotunda.
Carter's four children — Jack Carter, Chip Carter, Jeff Carter, and Amy Carter — were all in attendance at the lying-in-state ceremony.
Lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle put their differences aside to pay tribute to Carter's legacy.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Leader John Thune placed their hands over their hearts as they approached Carter's casket.
Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi greeted Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming while gathered with members of Congress.
Pelosi, who is recovering from hip replacement surgery, entered the Rotunda using a walker and remained seated for the ceremony.
Politicians from Carter's home state of Georgia attended the ceremony.
Sen. Raphael Warnock and Sen. Jon Ossoff, both Democrats from Georgia, joined other members of Congress at the Capitol.
Supreme Court justices paid their respects.
Justices Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, and Elena Kagan stood quietly by Carter's casket with their heads bowed in respect.
In her speech, Vice President Kamala Harris memorialized Carter as "that all-too-rare example of a gifted man who also walks with humility, modesty, and grace."
"Throughout his life and career, Jimmy Carter retained a fundamental decency and humility," Harris said in her remarks at the event. "James Earl Carter, Jr., loved our country. He lived his faith, he served the people, and he left the world better than he found it."
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune also delivered eulogies.
"In the face of illness, President Jimmy Carter brought lifesaving medicine," Johnson said. "In the face of conflict, he brokered peace. In the face of discrimination, he reminded us that we are all made in the image of God."
Crowds formed at the US Capitol Visitor Center as members of the public waited for their turn to enter the Rotunda.
After Carter's state funeral, he will be buried at his home in Plains, Georgia.
Visitors signed a guest book with condolence notes.
Joe Biden and Jill Biden own a 6,850-square-foot home in Greenville, Delaware, a Wilmington suburb.
Biden campaigned from his basement in 2020 and has hosted world leaders at his home as president.
The home was the subject of a DOJ investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.
In 1996, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden purchased 4 acres of land in Greenville, Delaware, and built a 6,850-square-foot lakefront home.
The Bidens also own a six-bedroom beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, but their Greenville home remains their primary residence where Biden will likely return after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration this month.
Take a look inside the Bidens' Delaware home.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Bidens' primary residence is located in Greenville, Delaware, a suburb of Wilmington.
Located 4 miles from downtown Wilmington, Greenville is a quiet town with a median home listing price of $1.11 million, according to Realtor.com.
The Bidens originally purchased the 4-acre lot for $350,000, The Wall Street Journal reported. Now, it's worth at least $2 million.
The home they built features three bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms, according to Zillow.
Biden wrote in his 2017 memoir, "Promise Me, Dad," that he considered taking out a second mortgage on the house to support his son Beau Biden's family during Beau's cancer treatment.
Biden wrote that when he told President Barack Obama of his plan, Obama said, "Don't do that. I'll give you the money."
The house is situated on the banks of a 10-acre man-made pond.
Biden brought Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese out onto the patio overlooking the pond in September.
The home also features a swimming pool, an amenity Biden was known to enjoy at the official vice president's residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory.
Biden's home was more accessible to the public while he was serving in the Senate.
In 2008, reporters from the Wilmington News Journal camped out at Biden's home and played Frisbee on the lawn while waiting to see if he'd be chosen as Barack Obama's running mate.
Once he became vice president and then president, the property became heavily guarded.
Secret Service members surveil the residence when Biden visits.
During his 2020 presidential campaign, Biden held virtual events from his basement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shelves in the background of Biden's video calls appeared to hold books, photos, and other mementos.
As president, he has hosted world leaders such as the prime ministers of Australia, Japan, and India at his Delaware residence.
Biden made frequent trips home to Delaware while serving in the White House, spending about half of his weekends in his home state.
The residence features a home office where Biden has worked while serving as president and vice president.
As an outgoing US senator, Biden purchased the desk he used in the Senate to furnish his home.
The office has enough room to host meetings with dignitaries and staff.
The spacious office has wood paneling and plush leather armchairs.
Biden's home became the subject of a Justice Department investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.
In November and December 2022, Biden's attorneys discovered classified documents in the president's former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC, and in his garage and turned them over to the National Archives. In January 2023, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed US Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate the mishandling of classified information.
The Justice Department searched Biden's home and recovered six classified documents. Biden's personal attorney, Bob Bauer, said that the search was voluntary and that some of the items dated back to Biden's time in the Senate and as vice president.
Hur interviewed Biden in October 2023 about his storage of classified material. The transcripts showed that Biden described himself as a "frustrated architect" and spent large swaths of time talking about how he designed and furnished his home.
"In order to try to convince me not to run for the Senate for the 19th time, my wife said, 'Look, you don't run, I'll pay for architectural school for you," Biden told Hur.
Biden also shared how he "set up a theater" in his house to conduct virtual events and television appearances in 2020 because "we were campaigning out of our basement."
After a yearlong investigation, Hur did not recommend charging the president with any crime, describing Biden as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." Hur's report was derided by Democrats and Republicans alike, but it foreshadowed Biden's poor debate performance, which ultimately led to him dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson appeared to make their debut as a couple at the inauguration.
Anderson, a socialite, model, and influencer, comes from a prominent Palm Beach family.
She attended the Republican National Convention in July and was linked to Trump Jr. in September.
Bettina Anderson was already well-known in Palm Beach, Florida, for her prominent banking family, her fashion modeling, and her passion for environmental conservation and charity work.
Then, she was photographed on what appeared to be romantic outings with Donald Trump Jr.
Trump Jr. has not commented on his relationship with Anderson. Neither has Anderson publicly acknowledged her connection to Trump Jr. beyond tagging him in an Instagram story. However, the pair attended several events together during President Donald Trump's inauguration, where they were photographed holding hands, walking arm-in-arm, and dancing.
Here's what to know about Anderson's upbringing, career, and connection to the Trump family.
Bettina Anderson grew up in Palm Beach, Florida, and comes from a prominent family.
Anderson's father, Harry Loy Anderson Jr., became the youngest bank president in the US in 1970 when he took over Worth Avenue National Bank at 26 years old. He was also a philanthropist who supported numerous charitable causes including the American Red Cross, of which he was a board member. He died of Alzheimer's in 2013 at 70 years old, according to his obituary.
Her mother, Inger Anderson, is a philanthropist and business owner who operates Palm Beach Groves, an orange orchard and souvenir shop that she and her husband bought in 1978.
Anderson, 38, grew up on a Palm Beach estate known as Oasis Cottage that once belonged to fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau. Inger Anderson sold the state for $11.88 million in 2016, the Palm Beach Daily News reported.
Anderson has five siblings, including a twin sister.
Anderson is an Ivy League graduate.
Anderson earned a bachelor's degree in art history from Columbia University in 2009, according to her LinkedIn profile.
She's worked as a business development professional as well as a model and influencer.
Anderson's résumé includes working as a business development manager for the pharmaceutical company TherapeuticsMD and as an independent consultant for the Florida-based investment company Merrick Ventures.
She has modeled for Quest Magazine, Palm Beach Illustrated, and Modern Luxury Palm Beach, in which she was referred to as an "ambassador of Palm Beach style and local 'it' girl."
Anderson also has over 60,000 followers on Instagram, where her profile features affiliate links to skincare products and her Amazon Shop.
She co-founded an environmental charity with her siblings called Project Paradise.
Project Paradise funds filmmaking grants for documentaries about environmental conservation.
The organization released a short documentary, "The Water State," calling attention to the fragility of Florida's freshwater springs.
"One of the greatest focuses of my life is how I can be of service to others and a be steward of the environment," Anderson told fashion blog The Daily Front Row in 2022.
Anderson also volunteers with the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County and is a young patron of The Everglades Foundation.
Anderson attended the Republican National Convention in July, months before she was first linked to Donald Trump Jr. in September.
At the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Anderson was seated behind Donald Trump Jr., his former fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, and other members of the Trump family.
In September, the Daily Mail reported that Anderson and Trump Jr. were seen kissing and eating brunch together in Palm Beach. Neither responded to a request for comment about the nature of their relationship.
She co-hosted a fundraiser for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign at Mar-a-Lago in October.
The event featured former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Vivek Ramaswamy, all of whom went on to become members of Trump's administration.
Attending the dinner cost $100,000 per couple, and admission to a fireside chat cost $30,000 per couple, the Palm Beach Daily News reported.
Anderson has featured Trump Jr. on her Instagram and joined him at Mar-a-Lago.
On her birthday in December, Anderson posted a photo of a bouquet of flowers on an Instagram Story and tagged Trump Jr.
The card accompanying the flowers read, "Many have said you're aging out but I think you're perfect...happy birthday!"
Anderson and Trump Jr. were also photographed holding hands while exiting a restaurant in Palm Beach and celebrating Trump Jr.'s birthday together at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.
In December, Trump Jr. stopped short of confirming his breakup with Guilfoyle, but told Page Six in a statement that he and Guilfoyle "will always keep a special bond" and that he "could not be more proud of her and the important role she'll continue to play in my father's administration" as ambassador to Greece.
Anderson and Trump Jr. appeared to make their public debut as a couple at Trump's inauguration.
On January 18, Anderson and Trump Jr. attended a reception together at Trump National Golf Club in Washington, DC. The night before the inauguration, they held hands and danced at the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball.
Anderson attended Trump's inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol, but was not seated with Trump Jr. or other Trump family members.
Guilfoyle was at the Capitol Rotunda for the swearing-in ceremony and was not seated with the Trump family, either. She was also an honorary cochair of the Bienvenido Ball, which Trump Jr. attended.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner met in 2007, married in 2009, and have three children.
They served as White House advisors during Donald Trump's first term.
Ivanka Trump was not active in Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner remain an influential political couple even though they have said they don't plan to reprise their roles as White House advisors in President-elect Donald Trump's second term.
While Ivanka Trump stepped back from politics and opted out of the 2024 campaign trail, she and Kushner still appeared at the Republican National Convention and Donald Trump's victory party on election night. Kushner may also advise his father-in-law's administration on the Middle East in an unofficial capacity.
Ivanka Trump, who is Donald Trump's eldest daughter, converted to Judaism before marrying Kushner in 2009. They have three children: Arabella, Joseph, and Theodore.
Here's a timeline of Ivanka Trump and Kushner's relationship.
2007: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner met at a networking lunch arranged by one of her longtime business partners.
Ivanka Trump and Kushner were both 25 at the time.
"They very innocently set us up thinking that our only interest in one another would be transactional," Ivanka Trump told Vogue in 2015. "Whenever we see them we're like, 'The best deal we ever made!'"
2008: Ivanka Trump and Kushner broke up because of religious differences.
Kushner was raised in the modern Orthodox Jewish tradition, and it was important to his family for him to marry someone Jewish. Ivanka Trump's family is Presbyterian.
2008: Three months later, the couple rekindled their romance on Rupert Murdoch's yacht.
In his memoir, "Breaking History," Kushner wrote that Murdoch's then-wife, Wendi Murdoch, was a mutual friend who invited them both on the yacht.
May 2009: They attended the Met Gala together for the first time.
The theme of the Met Gala that year was "The Model As Muse." Ivanka Trump wore a gown by designer Brian Reyes.
July 2009: Ivanka Trump completed her conversion to Judaism, and she and Kushner got engaged.
Kushner proposed with a 5.22-carat cushion-cut diamond engagement ring.
Ivanka Trump told New York Magazine that she and her fiancé were "very mellow."
"We go to the park. We go biking together. We go to the 2nd Avenue Deli," she said. "We both live in this fancy world. But on a personal level, I don't think I could be with somebody — I know he couldn't be with somebody — who needed to be 'on' all the time."
October 2009: Ivanka Trump and Kushner married at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.
The couple invited 500 guests, including celebrities like Barbara Walters, Regis Philbin, and Anna Wintour, as well as politicians such as Rudy Giuliani and Andrew Cuomo.
July 2011: The couple welcomed their first child, Arabella.
"This morning @jaredkushner and I welcomed a beautiful and healthy little baby girl into the world," Ivanka announced on X, then Twitter. "We feel incredibly grateful and blessed. Thank you all for your support and well wishes!"
October 2013: Ivanka Trump gave birth to their second child, Joseph.
He was named for Kushner's paternal grandfather Joseph and given the middle name Frederick after Donald Trump's father.
March 2016: Kushner and Ivanka Trump welcomed their third child, Theodore, in the midst of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
"I said, 'Ivanka, it would be great if you had your baby in Iowa.' I really want that to happen. I really want that to happen," Donald Trump told supporters in Iowa in January 2016.
May 2016: They attended the Met Gala two months after Ivanka Trump gave birth.
On a 2017 episode of "The Late Late Show with James Corden," Anna Wintour said that she would never invite Donald Trump to another Met Gala.
January 2017: Ivanka Trump and Kushner attended President Trump's inauguration and danced together at the Liberty Ball.
The Liberty Ball was the first of three inaugural balls that Donald Trump attended.
January 2017: After the inauguration, Ivanka and Kushner relocated to a $5.5 million home in the Kalorama section of Washington, DC.
Ivanka Trump and Kushner rented the 7,000-square-foot home from billionaire Andrónico Luksic for $15,000 a month, The Wall Street Journal reported.
May 2017: They accompanied Donald Trump on his first overseas trip in office.
Kushner and Ivanka Trump both served as advisors to the president. For the first overseas trip of Donald Trump's presidency, they accompanied him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, and summits in Brussels and Sicily.
October 2019: The couple celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary with a lavish party at Camp David.
All of the Trump and Kushner siblings were in attendance. A White House official told CNN that the couple was covering the cost of the party, but Donald Trump tweeted that the cost would be "totally paid for by me!"
August 2020: Ivanka Trump spoke about moving their family to Washington, DC, at the Republican National Convention.
"When Jared and I moved with our three children to Washington, we didn't exactly know what we were in for," she said in her speech. "But our kids loved it from the start."
December 2020: Ivanka Trump and Kushner reportedly bought a $32 million empty lot in Indian Creek Village, Florida, known as Miami's "Billionaire Bunker."
Page Six reported that the couple purchased a 1.8-acre waterfront lot owned by singer Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias' father.
The island where it sits has the nickname "Billionaire Bunker" thanks to its multitude of ultrawealthy residents over the years, including billionaire investor Carl Icahn, supermodel Adriana Lima, and former Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula.
January 2021: Kushner and Ivanka Trump skipped President Joe Biden's inauguration, flying with Donald Trump to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, instead.
Donald Trump did not attend Biden's inauguration, breaking a long-standing norm in US democracy. While initial reports said that Ivanka Trump was planning to attend the inauguration, a White House official told People magazine that "Ivanka is not expected to attend the inauguration nor was she ever expected to."
January 2021: The couple signed a lease for a luxury Miami Beach condo near their Indian Creek Village property.
Ivanka Trump and Kushner signed a lease for a "large, unfurnished unit" in the amenities-packed Arte Surfside condominium building in Surfside, Florida.
Surfside, a beachside town just north of Miami Beach that's home to fewer than 6,000 people, is only a five-minute drive from Indian Creek Island, where they bought their $32 million empty lot.
April 2021: Ivanka Trump and Kushner reportedly added a $24 million mansion in Indian Creek Village to their Florida real-estate profile.
The Real Deal reported that Ivanka and Kushner purchased another Indian Creek property — this time, a 8,510-square-foot mansion situated on a 1.3-acre estate.
June 2021: Several outlets reported that the couple began to distance themselves from Donald Trump due to his fixation on conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
CNN reported that Trump was prone to complain about the 2020 election and falsely claim it was "stolen" from him to anyone listening and that his "frustrations emerge in fits and starts — more likely when he is discussing his hopeful return to national politics."
While Ivanka and Kushner had been living in their Miami Beach condo, not far from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, they'd visited Trump less and less frequently and were absent from big events at Mar-a-Lago, CNN said.
The New York Times also reported that Kushner wanted "to focus on writing his book and establishing a simpler relationship" with the former president.
October 2021: Ivanka Trump and Kushner visited Israel's parliament for the inaugural event of the Abraham Accords Caucus.
The Abraham Accords, which Kushner helped broker in August 2020, normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
During their visit, Ivanka Trump and Kushner met with then-former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and attended an event at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem with former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
August 2022: Kushner released his memoir, "Breaking History," in which he wrote about their courtship.
"In addition to being arrestingly beautiful, which I knew before we met, she was warm, funny, and brilliant," he wrote of getting to know Ivanka Trump. "She has a big heart and a tremendous zest for exploring new things."
He also wrote that when he told Donald Trump that he was planning a surprise engagement, Trump "picked up the intercom and alerted Ivanka that she should expect an imminent proposal."
November 2022: Kushner attended Donald Trump's 2024 campaign announcement without Ivanka Trump.
Ivanka Trump released a statement explaining her absence from the event.
"I love my father very much," her statement read. "This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics. While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena."
July 2024: Ivanka Trump and Kushner made a rare political appearance at the Republican National Convention.
Ivanka Trump did not campaign for her father or give a speech as she had at past Republican National Conventions, but she and Jared Kushner joined Trump family members onstage after Donald Trump's remarks.
November 2024: They joined members of the Trump family in Palm Beach, Florida, to celebrate Donald Trump's election victory.
Kushner told Axios in February that he would not rejoin the Trump administration as a senior advisor for a second term, but CNN and the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported that he would serve as a Middle East advisor in an unofficial capacity.