Vice President JD Vance

Ohio autochthonal JD Vance worked successful task capitalism earlier penning the best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy and pivoting to politics.

The Yale-educated lawyer and erstwhile Marine was elected to the U.S. Senate successful 2022 and, aft little than 2 years successful office, was picked to beryllium Donald Trump's 2024 moving mate. 

As vice president, successful summation to being archetypal successful enactment to the presidency, Vance is connected manus to beryllium a deciding ballot should Senate Republicans request a tie-breaker to walk legislation.

He has been joined to instrumentality schoolhouse sweetheart Usha Vance since 2014 and they share 3 children.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Former Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was a fierce professional of Trump erstwhile they some ran for president successful 2016 but has since go a protagonist of his erstwhile antagonist's agenda.

The Miami native, calved to Cuban migrant parents, was the first and lone nominee for Trump's 2nd cabinet to beryllium confirmed by the Senate with unanimous bipartisan support, 99 to 0. (Now erstwhile Ohio Sen. Vance is the one-seat vacancy. Rubio was technically inactive successful the Senate past and truthful was capable to ballot for himself.)

Rubio (shown present with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly) has been joined to erstwhile Miami Dolphins cheerleader Jeanette Dousdebes since 1998 and they stock 2 daughters and 2 sons.

Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent

Scott Bessent's 4 decades of acquisition successful planetary concern absorption see his clip arsenic CEO of hedge money Key Square Capital Management and Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management (as successful salient Democratic donor George Soros).

He besides taught economical past astatine his alma mater Yale and, with his family, established the McLeod Rehabilitation Center astatine the Shriners Children’s Hospital successful his location authorities of South Carolina.

According to his government bio, helium and his hubby and 2 children divided their clip betwixt Washington, D.C., and Charleston, S.C.

"In a definite geographic portion astatine a definite economical level, being cheery is not an issue," helium told the Yale Alumni Magazine in 2015 up of the U.S. Supreme Court's determination that legalized same-sex matrimony nationwide. "What’s fantastic is now, radical successful the remainder of America, whether bluish collar oregon achromatic collar, person entree to everything. If you had told maine successful 1984, erstwhile we graduated, and radical were dying of AIDS, that 30 years aboriginal I’d beryllium legally joined and we would person 2 children via surrogacy, I wouldn’t person believed you."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

Army National Guard seasoned Pete Hegseth had been serving arsenic cohost of Fox News' Fox & Friends Weekend since 2017 erstwhile Trump tapped him to beryllium Defense Secretary.

Past arguable statements astir diverseness and women successful the military, a 2017 intersexual battle allegation (which Hegseth has vehemently denied), reports of drinking connected the occupation (also denied) and a 2018 email from his parent (that she aboriginal disavowed) calling him "an abuser of women" threatened to derail his nomination. But helium was narrowly confirmed by the Senate with nary Democratic votes and 3 Republicans dissenting.

Hegseth shares 3 kids with 2nd ex-wife Samatha Deering and has a girl with 3rd woman Jennifer Rauchet Hegseth, a erstwhile shaper connected Fox & Friends. They tied the knot astatine Trump National Golf Club successful Colts Neck, N.J., successful 2019.

Attorney General Pam Bondi

After Trump's archetypal pick, scandal-plagued erstwhile Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew himself from consideration, the then-president-elect went with erstwhile Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi—a subordinate of his defence squad during his archetypal impeachment trial—to pb the U.S. Department of Justice.

She spent 18 years arsenic a authoritative with the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office earlier becoming Florida's archetypal pistillate lawyer wide successful 2011. Toward the extremity of her tenure she cohosted Fox News' The Five for 3 days successful 2018, sparking questions astir the morals of doing truthful portion inactive an elected official.

"She is often connected nationalist news," a spokesperson told the Tampa Bay Times, noting that she wasn't paid for her hosting gig. "The lawyer wide is ever working. She is disposable 24/7 and works adjacent erstwhile retired of the state."

Twice-divorced, Bondi has been romantically linked to Varner Wakefield Equity Partners founding main John Wakefield since 2017. He has 3 children from a erstwhile relationship.

Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum

Another 2024 statesmanlike hopeful turned Trump supporter, billionaire bundle entrepreneur and task capitalist Doug Burgum served arsenic politician of North Dakota from 2017 until helium was picked to caput up the Department of Interior, which is liable for the absorption of astir 480 cardinal acres of national land, balancing assets improvement and conservation.

After increasing up successful tiny Arthur, N.D., colonisation 325, Burgum attended North Dakota State and started a chimney sweeping concern that helium credits for helping him get into Stanford's concern school.

"The [college] paper wrote a communicative astir maine arsenic a chimney expanse and ran a photograph of maine sitting connected apical of an icy chimney successful below-freezing upwind successful Fargo," helium told Forbes in 2017. "The communicative made the AP ligament service. I was aboriginal told it caused rather a disturbance successful the Stanford admissions office."

Burgum shares 3 children with ex-wife Karen Stoker and has been married to Kathryn Helgaas since 2016.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins

Glen Rose, Texas, autochthonal Brooke Rollins has a grade successful cultivation improvement from Texas A&M and got her JD from University of Texas School of Law.

During the archetypal Trump medication she was manager of the Domestic Policy Council and Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives successful the White House.

Before being picked to pb the Department of Agriculture, Rollins was CEO and president of the America First Policy Institute, a deliberation vessel she founded successful 2021 to beforehand Trump's nationalist argumentation agenda.

According to her government bio, she and hubby Mark Rollins walk astir of their escaped clip astatine location successful Fort Worth "taxiing their 4 precise progressive children to shot games, cattle shows, soft lessons, and Aggie shot games."

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick

Before joining Trump's cabinet, Howard Lutnick was CEO and president of fiscal services steadfast Cantor Fitzgerald, wherever helium roseate done the ranks aft being hired arsenic a young broker successful 1983. 

The New York-headquartered institution infamously mislaid 658 employees successful the Sept. 11, 2001, violent attacks erstwhile 1 of 4 hijacked planes deed the World Trade Center's North Tower.

"I went to 20 funerals a time for 35 days," Lutnick, whose member Gary was among those killed, told BBC News successful 2006. "So determination were times I couldn't adjacent spell to my large friends' funerals. One day, my champion friend's member was being buried astatine the aforesaid nonstop clip arsenic my roommate from college's brother. So my woman went to 1 and I went to one."

Asked however helium was capable to determination forward, helium said, "I would picture it similar being connected a surf committee connected a elephantine wave, and that if you ever looked back, the question would get you and possibly I wouldn't beryllium capable to function."

Lutnick has 4 children with woman Allison Lambert.

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Lori Chavez-DeRemer served arsenic politician of Happy Valley, Ore., from 2011 to 2019 and past became the archetypal Republican pistillate to beryllium elected to Congress from her authorities successful 2022.

She mislaid her bid for re-election, however, leaving the California native—and pro-union girl of a Mexican-American Teamster dad—open to serving successful Trump's 2nd cabinet.

Chavez-DeRemer is simply a ma of duplicate daughters with her precocious schoolhouse sweetheart hubby Dr. Shawn DeRemer. Marking their 33rd wedding day successful 2024, she wrote connected Instagram, "The years alert by due to the fact that we are consenting to beryllium committed to a 'great love' that’s ever worthy warring for."

Less than 2 weeks aft she was confirmed arsenic Labor Secretary connected March 11, 2025, the DeRemers became grandparents.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lifelong Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threw his enactment down Trump aft his ain 2024 candidacy fizzled.

The 3rd of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy's 11 children, the biology lawyer who's present overseeing the alleged "MAHA" (make America steadfast again) movement, has been known much successful caller years for questioning the information of vaccines and psychotropic drugs and prompting the ire of his ain family.

While sister Kerry Kennedy slammed his "inexplicable effort" to "desecrate" their father's representation by endorsing Trump, relative Caroline Kennedy called him a "predator" successful a January 2025 unfastened missive urging the Senate to not corroborate him arsenic HHS secretary.

On the idiosyncratic front, Kennedy is simply a begetter of six: Two kids from his archetypal marriage, to Emily Black, and 4 children with late 2nd woman Mary Richardson, who died by termination successful 2012. He has been married to Curb Your Enthusiasm alum Cheryl Hines since 2014.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner

Former NFL subordinate Scott Turner represented Texas' 33rd territory successful Congress from 2013 to 2017 earlier Trump appointed him manager of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council successful 2019. 

“My ma and dada and my godparents ever taught maine to service others,” helium said successful a 2016 NFL Player Engagement interview. “They ever instilled successful maine to look retired for different radical and to enactment hard and to person a tremendous faith...It’s not easy; you conscionable person to marque up successful your caput that’s what you’re going to do.”

Also an entrepreneur and Baptist pastor, helium has been joined to woman and chap University of Illinois alum Robin Turner since 1995. In 2009 the mates adopted Scott's nephew Solomon, who played shot astatine Baylor and Hawaii earlier walking on astatine Illinois.

“Had it not been for my uncle and my aunt, I don’t cognize wherever I would be,” Solomon told Big Ten quality tract Saturday Tradition successful 2022. “Personally, it conscionable means the satellite to me, not lone for him to beryllium my begetter figure, but to travel present and bash this part, it’s astir similar I’m giving backmost to him similar a convey you." 

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy

Sean Duffy first made a sanction for himself successful 1997 arsenic a housemate connected The Real World: Boston.

He shares 9 children with The Real World: San Francisco alum Rachel Campos-Duffy, whom helium met competing on Road Rules: All Stars successful 1998 and married the pursuing year.

Duffy spent 8 years arsenic Ashland County District Attorney successful his location authorities of Wisconsin earlier serving successful Congress from 2011 to 2019. He resigned from bureau that August, citing his yet-to-be-born ninth child's wellness issues.

"After she’s born, whether it’s 2 to six months aft life, she’s going to request open-heart surgery," helium explained connected Fox & Friends. "They gotta ace her unfastened and hole the heart."

Duffy added, "I emotion politics, but I emotion my family, and I deliberation it’s ever a balance. The schedules are grueling. I’m retired successful D.C. 4 days a week, and past I’m backmost with Rachel." Traveling astir his territory gathering people, helium said, "we get bushed up a small spot arsenic members of Congress. We’re a favourite punching bag."

On The Real World, "I was forced to unrecorded with radical who were truthful antithetic than me," helium told NCTA successful May 2019. "When I archetypal got there, I saw the stark differences I had with my roommates. But erstwhile I left, I realized I had mode much successful communal with them than I ever imagined."

He compared the acquisition to crossing the aisle successful Congress: "It's astonishing the benignant of authorities you tin enactment connected unneurotic and however galore points of statement you really have."

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright

Self-described "energy nerd" Chris Wright is the laminitis of Pinnacle Technologies, which, according to his Energy Department bio, "created the hydraulic fracture [a.k.a. fracking] mapping industry."

Before his furniture nomination, helium served arsenic CEO of Liberty Energy, the United States' second-largest fracking company.

Wright—"a passionate father, grandfather, skier, cyclist, climber, and outdoor enthusiast," per his bio—and woman Liz Wright lived successful Colorado earlier relocating to D.C.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon

Linda McMahon (née Edwards) was 17 erstwhile she joined 21-year-old hubby Vince McMahon successful 1966, aft she finished precocious school. She studied to beryllium a French teacher but ended up co-running the household business, World Wrestling Entertainment, from 1980 until 2009.

McMahon served arsenic Administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019 during Trump's archetypal term. After helium was elected again successful 2024, the grandma of six co-chaired his modulation squad and was picked to caput up the U.S. Department of Education—which Trump wants to dismantle.

"I'm truly each for the president’s mission, which is to instrumentality acquisition to the states,” McMahon told the New York Times. “I believe, arsenic helium does, that the champion acquisition is closest to the child."

While they're inactive married, McMahon's lawyer confirmed successful November 2024 that the erstwhile WWE enforcement and her hubby are separated, according to the Washington Post. Their lad Shane McMahon and girl Stephanie McMahon are some erstwhile nonrecreational wrestlers and son-in-law Paul "Triple H" Levesque is main contented serviceman of WWE.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins

U.S. Air Force Reserve Col. Doug Collins is simply a lawyer and erstwhile Georgia State House representative, congressman and subject chaplain.

But, according to his VA bio, he's "foremost a hubby to Lisa and begetter to girl Jordan and sons Copelan and Cameron."

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

Governor of South Dakota since 2019, Kristi Noem was rumored to beryllium connected the abbreviated database of imaginable moving mates for Trump successful 2024, until she wrote astir shooting her family's unruly canine successful her memoir No Going Back.

Unfazed by controversy, Trump picked Noem, who besides served successful Congress from 2011 to 2019 and sat connected the House Armed Services Committee, to caput up the Department of Homeland Security, which is liable for protecting the United States from interior and outer threats.

The onetime South Dakota Snow Queen joined hubby Bryon Noem successful 1992 and they stock 3 children.