Meet Stephen Miller’s wife Katie: the ‘Mrs Smith’ of Maga – whose husband is tapped to lead homeland security – was formerly Mike Pence’s press secretary and is known for her controversial views

Dec 6 , 2024

Meet Stephen Miller’s wife Katie Miller, the “Mrs Smith” of Maga known for her controversial views. Photo: @StephenM/X

Katie Miller successfully opposed sending condolences to Trayvon Martin’s parents while at university, and in 2020 defended Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance policy’, which infamously led to family separation

Stephen Miller and his wife Katie are recognised as one of the most prominent couples within the Maga movement. Elle magazine in March 2020 called Katie “a poster child for Trump’s America”, while in August of the same year, Vanity Fair described the Millers as “Trump’s favourite young power couple” – beyond those involving his own children (Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle).

Stephen Miller with Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump on election night in 2016. Photo: @StephenM/X

Now, with president-elect Donald Trump securing key positions in his new administration as he returns to power, Stephen Miller is back in the spotlight, having been named homeland security adviser and deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller was behind some of Trump’s most controversial immigration policies, including the family separation programme during his first term in office.

Time magazine predicts that Miller will take centre stage in the new administration, with much of Trump’s 2024 election campaign built on promises of mass deportations.

As for his wife – a seasoned press secretary who has also been outspoken about migrants – Katie Miller has been all over social media advocating for team Maga. But what do we know about her?

Katie Miller’s rise to power

Katie Miller with then-vice-president Mike Pence. Photo: @katierosemiller/X

Katie Miller née Waldman’s rise to the upper echelons of the White House has been speedy. Per Vanity Fair, after graduating from the University of Florida in 2014, she became a press assistant for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. She later served variously as deputy press secretary, press secretary and communications director, per Newsweek, ultimately becoming press secretary to former vice-president Mike Pence in 2019.

She’s politically ambitious

“Forever thankful for the Trump-Pence administration – because of the last four years, we became a family of three,” Katie Miller wrote on X (formerly Twitter) in January 2021. Photo: @katierosemiller/X

Katie Miller graduated from the University of Florida and went on to receive a master’s degree in public administration from George Washington University.

Some of her former college classmates told Vanity Fair that Miller has always been driven by political ambition. “The only thing she loves or values in this world is power. Anyone she attaches to in her life is simply a pawn to feed her addiction to it,” commented one person.