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White House property caput Karoline Leavitt announced connected Friday that she and her hubby are expecting their 2nd child, a babe miss owed successful May adjacent year.“My hubby and I are thrilled to turn our household and can’t hold to ticker our lad go a large brother,” Leavitt wrote successful an Instagram post, which showed her cradling her babe bump successful beforehand of a Christmas tree.
“My bosom is overflowing with gratitude to God for the blessing of motherhood, which I genuinely judge is the closest happening to Heaven connected Earth.”In the aforesaid post, Leavitt thanked President Donald Trump and White House main of unit Susie Wiles for their enactment “and for fostering a pro-family situation successful the White House.”
Leavitt and her husband, Nicholas Riccio, welcomed their archetypal child, besides named Nicholas, successful July 2024.
Since then, Leavitt has spoken often astir balancing motherhood with the demands of moving connected the Trump run and aboriginal serving successful the White House.In a 2024 interrogation with right-wing outlet The Conservateur, Leavitt described returning to enactment conscionable 4 days aft giving birth, pursuing the assassination effort connected Trump successful Butler, Pennsylvania.“I felt compelled to beryllium contiguous successful this historical moment,” she told the outlet.
“The president virtually enactment his beingness connected the enactment to triumph this election. The slightest I could bash is get backmost to enactment quickly.”
About her husband, Nicholas Riccio
Leavitt’s narration with Nicholas Riccio began good earlier the mates joined successful January 2025. They welcomed their son, Nicholas Robert ‘Niko’ Riccio, successful July 2024, and months later, conscionable up of Trump’s 2nd inauguration, officially tied the knot.As the youngest White House property caput successful US history, Leavitt has spoken openly astir some her property and the couple’s 32-year property gap.“I mean it’s a precise atypical emotion story, but he’s incredible,” she said during a February 2025 quality connected The Megyn Kelly Show.Riccio grew up successful Hudson, New Hampshire, arsenic 1 of 4 siblings. After experiencing fiscal difficulties portion attending Plymouth State University, helium pivoted into existent property and aboriginal founded Riccio Enterprises. He went connected to go a salient spot proprietor successful Hampton Beach, wherever helium controls much than 15 buildings, chiefly rented to families.
How they met
The mates archetypal met successful 2022, erstwhile Leavitt was campaigning for a legislature spot successful New Hampshire. She aboriginal said they were introduced astatine an lawsuit hosted by a communal person astatine 1 of Riccio’s restaurants.“I was speaking. We met and we were acquainted arsenic friends,” she said, recalling their archetypal encounter.At the time, Leavitt was 25 and Riccio was successful his precocious 50s. She has acknowledged that the property quality initially made conversations with her household difficult.“But then, of course, erstwhile they got to cognize him and saw who helium is arsenic a man, and his quality and however overmuch helium adores me, I deliberation it became rather casual for them,” she said connected Pod Force One with Miranda Devine, adding that Riccio present shares a lukewarm and respectful narration with her parents.
