There is now a new Mrs. Donald Trump Jr.
President Donald Trump’s oldest son tied the knot with Florida socialite Bettina Anderson on Thursday, May 21, according to a Palm Beach County marriage license obtained by USA TODAY.
Donald Trump Jr., 48, announced in December during a White House holiday party that he became engaged to the 37-year-old Palm Beach socialite at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland.
On April 12, Anderson held a bridal shower at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club, attended by family members Ivanka Trump, Arabella Kushner, Tiffany Trump, Lara Trump and Marla Maples.
Page Six previously reported that Trump Jr. and Anderson would be married on a private island in the Bahamas. It would be Trump Jr.’s second marriage and the first for Anderson, who has no children. Trump Jr. has five children,including golfer Kai Trump and Donald Trump III, with former model Vanessa Trump. Their union ended in 2018 after 12 years of marriage.
Trump Jr. was previously engaged to former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump’s pick for Greece ambassador, from 2020 to 2024.
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson confirmed their relationship in December 2024 after photos surfaced of the pair kissing and holding hands. Trump announced Guilfoyle’s position days after.
While it’s not publicly known when Trump Jr. and Anderson officially began their relationship, the Palm Beach socialite had attended the Republican National Convention in July 2024, sitting in the Trump family VIP box, and hosted an exclusive fundraising dinner in October 2024.
A day after he wed Bettina Anderson, here’s a look back at previous Trump family weddings, the celebrity guests, and who did (and didn’t) include Trump’s private club Mar-a-Lago in their wedding nuptials.
When did Donald and Melania get married in Florida?
Melania Trump was born Melanija Knavs on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, according to her bio on the White House Historical Association’s website. As Melania Knauss, she began her modeling career at age 16 and eventually moved to New York in 1996. Donald Trump met the model in 1998 at a New York fashion party and became engaged in 2004. The couple married at Bethesda-By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida, with their reception in the Donald J. Trump Ballroom at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 22, 2005.
Are Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson married?
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson married ahead of the 2026 Memorial Day weekend, according to reports.
President Donald Trump’s oldest son tied the knot with the Florida socialite on Thursday, May 21, according to a Palm Beach County, Florida, marriage license obtained by USA TODAY.
The couple is also set to hold a ceremony soon, though the groom’s father announced on Friday, May 22, that he would not be able to attend, saying he felt compelled to stay in Washington, D.C.
When did Donald Trump Jr. marry Vanessa Trump?
On Nov. 12, 2005, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of Donald Trump and first wife Ivana Trump, married former model Vanessa Kay Haydon, who had changed her name from Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi in honor of her stepfather. Donald Trump introduced Donald Trump Jr. to Vanessa Haydon at a fashion show in 2003.
The couple married at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in front of about 370 guests, reports show, with the service officiated by Donald Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump officially got engaged at 26 years old on Nov. 11, 2004. They were 27 years old when they wed Nov. 12, 2005, weeks before they both turned 28 in December 2005.
Donald Trump Jr.’s siblings were in the wedding party: Ivanka Trump was a bridesmaid, and Eric Trump was a groomsman.
Vanessa and Donald Trump Jr. had five children together − Kai Trump, Donald Trump III, Tristan Trump, Spencer Trump and Chloe Trump − before they eventually divorced, after 12 years of marriage, in 2018.
In 2018, Donald Trump Jr. began dating Kimberly Guilfoyle, ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The couple eventually became engaged and bought a home together in Admirals Cove, an exclusive neighborhood in Jupiter, Florida. Guilfoyle was a key member of Donald Trump’s re-election campaigns in 2020 and 2024.
In 2024, Donald Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle broke up. Photos surfaced in early December 2024 of Donald Trump Jr. and Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson holding hands and kissing. Days later, Donald Trump − then president-elect − appointed Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece. News reports then showed Donald Trump Jr. and Anderson vacationing together abroad, though Guilfoyle was still sporting her engagement ring as seen in a Dec. 17, 2024, social post about her ambassadorship to Greece. The eldest Trump son, meanwhile, brought the model and socialite as his date to the family’s 2024 New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago and to the Inauguration Day festivities in Washington, D.C., a month later.
It was not known when Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle ended their romantic relationship nor when Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson began theirs.
Donald Trump Jr. proposed to Bettina Anderson at a White House holiday party, with the news confirmed Dec. 16, 2025. Their wedding was Thursday, May 21, 2026, with another ceremony set to take place over the Memorial Day weekend.
When did Ivanka Trump marry Jared Kushner?
On Oct. 25, 2009, Ivanka Trump, eldest daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump, married Jared Kushner, who previously owned the New York Observer. The pair had a short engagement — July 2009 — before marrying in the fall.
At the time, the 27-year-old bride and 28-year-old groom tied the knot at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in front of about 500 guests.
News reports show the guest list included celebrities such as Russell Crowe, Regis Philbin, Natalie Portman, Barbara Walters, Rudy Giuliani, Andrew Cuomo, country singer Jamey Johnson, Emmy Rossum and then-boyfriend Adam Duritz of the band Counting Crows.
Ivanka Trump wore a Vera Wang gown. The couple had three children, Arabella Rose Kushner, Joseph Frederick Kushner and Theodore James Kushner.
Where did Eric Trump and Lara Trump get married?
On Nov. 8, 2014, after a six-year relationship, Lara Yunaska married Eric Trump on the lawn of the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Eric Trump, then 30 and son of Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump, married the TV producer in a ceremony that included 450 guests, USA TODAY reported in a November 2014 story.
Wedding guests included Eric Trump’s mom Ivana Trump, radio personality Elvis Duran and former “Real Housewives of New York” star Jill Zarin, according to People magazine.
The family of Eric Trump’s sister, Ivanka Trump, had roles in the wedding: Ivanka Trump’s daughter was a flower girl and Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, officiated, according to the Palm Beach Daily News. The couple are parents to Luke and Carolina Trump.
Two weeks before her wedding to Eric Trump, the bride, Lara Yunaska, broke both of her wrists in a horse riding accident. She chose to wear Vera Wang — one gown for the ceremony and another for the reception.
When did Tiffany Trump get married?
On Nov. 12, 2022, Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos were married at Donald Trump’s private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. More than 500 guests attended the wedding of his youngest daughter, then 29, to the 25-year-old Lebanese-American billionaire. Tiffany Trump’s mother is Donald Trump’s second ex-wife Marla Maples. Tiffany Trump and Boulos’ wedding day — Nov. 12 — was the same date her older brother Donald Trump Jr. chose to marry his ex-wife Vanessa (see paragraphs above).
The couple, who got engaged after two years of dating, met in 2018, when Boulos was studying project management at City University of London and Tiffany Trump was a law student at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Both were vacationing in Santorini and met in Mykonos at Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club, according to People magazine.
Tiffany Trump announced her engagement to Boulos on her father’s last day in office; her fiance proposed in the White House Rose Garden. In an homage to her husband’s Lebanese heritage, the bride chose Lebanese designer Elie Saab to design her dress, according to the Palm Beach Daily News.
On May 15, 2025, Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos welcomed their first child together, Alexander Trump Boulos. Baby Boulos was born three days after his eldest cousin — Kai Trump, daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump — turned 18 years old.
(This story has been updated with news about Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson’s wedding.)
Contributing: Shannon Donnelly, Palm Beach Daily News, and Fernando Cervantes Jr., Zac Anderson, Mary Walrath-Holdridge, Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY
Sangalang is a lead digital producer for USA TODAY Network. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram at @byjensangalang. Subscribe to the free Florida TODAY newsletter.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Trump Jr., Bettina Anderson wedding: Most of the family married at Mar-a-Lago
Reporting by Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Palm Beach Post
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