The daughter of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy, was just three years old when she moved into the White House in 1961. She moved to Manhattan after her father was assassinated.
An attorney, author, and diplomat, Kennedy was the first woman to serve as ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She has now been serving as ambassador to Australia since 2022.
President Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter Lynda held her wedding at the White House in 1967. She married Chuck Robb, who served as the governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and the state's senator from 1989 to 2001.
In the '70s, she chaired the President's Advisory Committee for Women to help carry out former President Jimmy Carter's mandate to promote gender equality. Today, she advocates for equal rights for women and minorities.
The younger Johnson daughter, Luci Baines Johnson, also had a White House wedding. She was married to Patrick Nugent from 1966 to 1979. She later married investor Ian J. Turpin in 1984.
Baines Johnson now chairs the private holding company her mother founded over 70 years ago. Together with her husband, they took the helm of LBJ Asset Management Partners in the late '80s and completely turned the business around during the economic crisis.
Today, Nixon Cox lives a quiet life with her family in Manhattan. She and Cox celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2021 with an event at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
President Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia held her wedding in the
White House Rose Garden in 1971. She married Edward Finch Cox, who she met at a high school dance in 1963.
Nixon Eisenhower has written several biographies, including one about her mother, and serves on the board of her father's presidential library. She lives on a Pennsylvania farm away from the public eye.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower, who married President Eisenhower's grandson in 1968, volunteered as a White House tour guide during her father's presidency.
Amy remains a board member of the Carter Center, but has otherwise stayed out of public life. She is married and has two sons.
President Jimmy Carter's youngest child, Amy Carter, was just nine years old when her father's presidency began. She became a political activist in the '80s and '90s, and was even arrested at a CIA recruitment protest. Amy also worked with her dad on the 1995 children's book 'The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer,' which Jimmy wrote and she illustrated.
Chelsea Clinton was 12 years old when Bill Clinton entered the White House. She began studying at Stanford University in 1997.
Chelsea is currently vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, and she has also written several children's books. She and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, have three children.
President George W. Bush's older twin daughter, Barbara Pierce Bush, graduated from Yale during his presidency and moved to New York City.
She's the co-founder and president of the public health-focused nonprofit, Global Health Corps. She's married to screenwriter Craig Coyne and has one daughter.
The younger Bush twin, Jenna, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and began working in a DC charter school.
Hager began working as a correspondent for NBC News in 2009 and has been the co-host of the 'Today' show since 2019. She and her husband, Henry Hager, have three children.
Malia Obama was 10 years old when President Barack Obama took office. She attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC.
Malia graduated from Harvard in 2021 and is making a name for herself in Hollywood, with writing credits on Donald Glover's show 'Swarm.' She also debuted her film, 'The Heart,' at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
She began attending the University of Michigan in 2019, but transferred to the University of Southern California, where she graduated in 2023.
At the age of seven, Sasha Obama was the youngest child to live in the White House since John F. Kennedy Jr.
Donald Trump Jr. served as executive vice president for the Trump organization and had a key role in his father's election campaign.
Following his father's defeat in 2020, Trump Jr. engaged in attempts to overturn the results. He has also been publicly supportive of his father's 2024 presidential campaign.
Since Trump's presidency, she and her husband, Jared Kushner, have bought multiple properties in Florida. She has also been cooperating with the House committee investigating the Capitol riot.
Barron Trump moved into the White House in June 2017 after finishing out the school year at Trump Tower in New York City.
Following the end of his father's presidential term, Barron attended the Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, where he graduated in May 2024.
Sources: (Business Insider) (NBC News) (Politico)
Just like their parents, the children of US presidents are also in the public eye. Whether they grew up in the White House as children or frequent it as adults, even having certain political influences, the first children often draw a lot of attention to the presidency. Some first kids follow their parents into politics, while others steer clear of the limelight. Then there are some who remain involved with their parents' foundations and presidential libraries.
Click on to discover where some memorable children of former US presidents are today.
Children of former US presidents: Where are they now?
Following the lives of some of the most memorable first children
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Just like their parents, the children of US presidents are also in the public eye. Whether they grew up in the White House as children or frequent it as adults, even having certain political influences, the first children often draw a lot of attention to the presidency. Some first kids follow their parents into politics, while others steer clear of the limelight. Then there are some who remain involved with their parents' foundations and presidential libraries.
Click on to discover where some memorable children of former US presidents are today.