Barron Trump: What we know about Donald Trump’s youngest son

Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron Trump is a recent addition to the political scene, having been officially introduced by his father to supporters at a Miami rally earlier this month.

The 18-year-old received a wild reception at the Doral resort on July 9 and waved to the crowd. It prompted his father to joke that he was “more popular” than his other sons, Don Jr and Eric.

Long shielded from the spotlight by his mother Melania, Barron was dragged into the headlines in April when Trump complained that the judge in his New York hush money trial would not allow him to attend the teen’s graduation.

Barron graduated from high school in Florida on May 17. The former president was ultimately permitted a day off from court to attend the ceremony.

Barron was then reported to be enrolled as a delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee representing Florida — only for his mother’s office to put out a statement saying while he was “honoured” to be chosen, he “regretfully” could not accept.

Trump himself did not appear to object previously.

“He’s pretty young, I will say. He’s 17,” Mr Trump told Telemundo 51 Miami, appearing to get his son’s age wrong. “But if they can do that, I’m all for it.”

What do we know about Barron Trump?

Barron William Trump was born on 20 March 2006 and is the former president’s only child with his third wife.

He was baptised at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida.

The youngest of Trump’s children, Barron was raised at Trump Tower in Manhattan and attended the elite Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School.

He was still a child when his father won the presidency in November 2016.

Although he did attend his father’s inauguration in January 2017, he