Washington (United States) (AFP) – White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Friday that she was about to go on maternity leave to welcome her second child.
Published on: 04/24/2026 - 8:29 p.m.
“This will certainly be my last press briefing for a while,” said this loyal supporter of President Donald Trump, during an exchange with journalists at the White House.
"As you can see, I'm having a baby any minute now. I know you'll be in great hands with my team here at the White House and I know you all have the president's personal number," she joked, her hands resting on her baby bump.
The US executive has not designated a replacement, and according to press reports, senior officials such as Vice President JD Vance could hold occasional press conferences at the White House in his place.
The White House has also not communicated on the duration of the leave that the spokesperson will take, already the mother of a boy born in July 2024.
Karoline Leavitt, now 28 years old, is the youngest person ever appointed to the position of White House Press Secretary.
In the summer of 2024, she resumed her work within Donald Trump's campaign team only a few days after the birth of her first child, a return precipitated by the assassination attempt on the Republican candidate on July 13, 2024.
She is married to Nicholas Riccio, a real estate developer.
This native of New Hampshire (northeast), face of the Republican president's anti-media offensive, is a specialist in the art of transforming difficult questions into diatribes against the press or the Democratic opposition.
His confidence and his praise of presidential action have not prevented Donald Trump's confidence rating from sinking in recent months.
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