An American love story. Ivanka Trump met her husband, Jared Kushner, at a business lunch in 2007, when they were both 25.
“They very innocently set us up thinking that our only interest in one another would be transactional,” Donald Trump‘s daughter told Vogue in February 2015 of the commercial real estate broker and friend who brought her and Kushner together. “Whenever we see them, we’re like, ‘The best deal we ever made!’”
Years before her father made his bid for the United States presidency in 2016, Ivanka and the Affinity Partners founder exchanged vows at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in October 2009.
“His own dreams are bold, and I love that in someone, but he’s incredibly relaxed and calm,” the former White House senior advisor told Vogue of Kushner. “The world could be collapsing around him, and nothing fazes him. He’s very solution oriented. Plus, it was nice finding someone who is a genuinely good person. I don’t take that for granted. I feel really lucky to have met, like, a great New Jersey boy.”
Ivanka also opened up about her decision to convert to Judaism to be with the Harvard graduate, whose family is Orthodox Jewish. “It’s been such a great life decision for me. I am very modern, but I’m also a very traditional person, and I think that’s an interesting juxtaposition in how I was raised as well. I really find that with Judaism, it creates an amazing blueprint for family connectivity,” she said.
The Ivy-League educated couple both served as senior advisors when Donald was officially inaugurated as president in January 2017. After the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building in 2021, they distanced themselves from the real estate mogul’s claims that fraud had taken place in the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden.
In June 2022, Kushner told the U.S. House of Representative’s January 6 committee that he advised Donald not to take advice from Rudy Giuliani, who was espousing theories about election fraud. Ivanka, for her part, told the committee she believed then-Attorney General William Barr when he told her there was no evidence that the election was rigged in Biden’s favor.
“It affected my perspective. I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying,” she said at the time.
Ivanka and her husband share three children: Arabella, born in 2011, Joseph, born in 2013, and Theodore, born in 2016.
“When I get home late and tired, tiptoeing into their bedrooms and seeing these three healthy, lovely, sleeping kids, I feel very blessed,” the former Apprentice judge told Us Weekly of her children in October 2017.
Scroll through for a look at Ivanka and Kushner’s love story over the years:
The duo were introduced at a business lunch and began dating shortly after. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock
Due to religious differences, the pair briefly broke up. “I know he loved Ivanka dearly, but the religious thing was important to him,” Kushner’s friend Nitin Saigal told The New Yorker in August 2016. The pair reunited that same year, with Ivanka deciding to convert to Judaism. Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock
The same year Kushner proposed with a 5.22 carat diamond engagement ring, the lovebirds exchanged vows at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey. According to the 2019 book Kushner, Inc., Donald was “baffled” and “discombobulated” by the wedding, which followed conservative Jewish tradition by giving shawls to women as they arrived. Amanda Schwab/Starpix/Shutterstock
The former White House advisors welcomed their first child, daughter Arabella, in July. “Jared and I are having so much fun playing with our daughter! Arabella Rose is beyond adorable. She’s truly a blessing,” the new mom wrote via Twitter at the time. Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix/Shutterstock
In October, Ivanka gave birth to the pair’s second child, Joseph, named after Kushner’s paternal grandfather. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
In the midst of her father’s presidential campaign, the former model welcomed the couple's third child, Theodore, in December. “Jared and I feel incredibly blessed to announce the arrival of Theodore James Kushner. Baby Theodore. My heart is full,” she wrote via her Facebook page at the time. Justin Lane/EPA/Shutterstock
The duo danced together at the Liberty Ball, celebrating Donald's inauguration. That same month, they relocated their family to Washington, D.C. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ivanka and Jared paid $15,000 a month in rent for their home in the Kalorama neighborhood. Both served as senior advisors to Donald during his presidency. AP/Shutterstock
To celebrate a decade of marriage, the twosome had dinner with family and friends at Camp David. “Attended by a small number of family and friends, it could not have been nicer. Camp David is a special place. Cost of the event will be totally paid for by me!” Donald wrote via Twitter of the festivities. Alessandro Serrano'/Shutterstock
Ivanka and Kushner continued to support and campaign for the 45th U.S. president. “I’ll give you one guess who we’re voting for???” the New York native captioned an October Instagram photo of her and her husband smiling with their mail-in ballots, standing next to her father. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP/Shutterstock
The Women Who Work author posted an Instagram tribute to her hubby four days after the January 6 attack on the Capitol building. “Happy 40th birthday my love,” she captioned a snapshot of Kushner posing with their three children. AP/Shutterstock
The pair stood unified as they spoke to the U.S. House of Representative’s January 6 committee in June, distancing themselves from Donald’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him. Kristin Callahan/Shutterstock
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