Where are these 16 former US first kids in 2025? From Barron, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump, to George W. Bush and Caroline Kennedy, and Malia and Sasha Obama

Jan 21 , 2025

What are former first kids of the US Malia Obama, Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush Hager doing now? Photos: @Bookshop_Org/X, Chelsea Clinton/Facebook, Getty Images

Their fathers are – and were – some of the most famous men in the world, from Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama and George H. W. Bush

Children of US presidents are in the public eye almost as much as their famous parents. Some first kids have followed their parents into politics, while others have preferred to stay out of the limelight.

As evidenced by Hunter Biden’s firearms trial, in which he was convicted of firearms charges and for which he was recently pardoned by his dad, Joe Biden, even adult children of presidents aren’t exempt from public scrutiny.

Here’s what some other famous first kids are currently doing.

Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy has served as an ambassador to Japan and Australia. Photo: Kyodo

Caroline Kennedy moved into the White House aged three; her father John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, just days before his daughter’s sixth birthday. Caroline went on to attend Harvard University’s Radcliffe College and Columbia Law School, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.

She was the first woman to serve as ambassador to Japan, AP News reported. She resigned from the job shortly after President Donald Trump was sworn in in 2017. Joe Biden nominated her as US Ambassador to Australia in 2021, and she took up the role in 2022, according to the official US Embassy website.

The former lawyer also serves as president of the JFK Presidential Library and has written bestselling books on constitutional law, American history and poetry.

Caroline is married to American artist and designer Edwin Schlossberg and they have three children.

George W. Bush, the oldest of George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush’s children

Former President George W. Bush at a 9/11 commemoration in 2021. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

George W. Bush went to Yale and worked in the oil business before venturing into politics himself. He campaigned for his father in 1988 and served as governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

Bush served as the 43rd president at the start of the war in Iraq. He was criticised for his handling of the “War on Terror” launched after the events of September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina and other challenges, The New York Times reported.