Karoline Leavitt reveals she’s pregnant with a baby girl: ‘Greatest Christmas gift we could ask for’
Karoline Leavitt announced that she is pregnant with a girl.
White House press secretaryThe 28-year-old said she and her husband Nick Riccio, 59, are expecting their second child in May 2026. Their first son, Niko, was born in July 2024.
In an Instagram post sharing the happy news, Leavitt wrote that her second child was “the best Christmas present we could ever ask for.”
“My husband and I are so excited to expand our family and can’t wait to watch our son become a big brother,” Leavitt wrote. ‘My heart overflows with gratitude to God for the blessing of motherhood, which I truly believe is the closest thing to heaven on earth.’
Leavitt also thanked President Trump, saying he and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had created a “pro-family environment in the White House.”
“2026 is going to be a great year and I’m so excited to be a mother of a girl,” she concluded.
This comes after the Daily Mail this week took an inside look at the race to replace Leavitt as White House press secretary.
Karoline Leavitt announced in her Instagram post that she was expecting a baby girl and described this happy news as ‘the best Christmas gift we could ask for’.
The 28-year-old White House press secretary said she and her husband Nick Riccio, 59, are expecting their second child in May 2026. Their first son, Niko, was born in July 2024.
Since Leavitt became the face of the White House this year, her marriage to real estate developer Riccio has raised questions due to their 31-year age difference.
In March, Leavitt admitted they had a ‘very unconventional love story’ and said they first met when he unsuccessfully ran for Congress in New Hampshire in 2022.
‘A mutual friend of ours hosted an event at a restaurant he owns in New Hampshire and invited my husband,’ Leavitt told Megyn Kelly at the time.
‘I was talking. We met and met as friends. And then we fell in love.’
When the Megyn Kelly Show host asked if there were any thoughts in her mind along the lines of, ‘I can’t date her, she’s 59 and I’m 27,’ Leavitt confirmed she was dealing with initial doubts about how the age difference would affect the relationship.
‘Yes of course. “I mean, it’s such an unconventional love story, but he’s incredible,” she enthused. ‘He is my biggest supporter, he is my best friend and he is my rock.’
The political aide continued: ‘He has built a very successful business so he is now fully supportive of me achieving success in my career.
‘He is the father of my child and the best father I could ask for. And it’s very supportive, especially at a very chaotic time in life.’
Leavitt, who was seen with President Trump in July, thanked the President for the pregnancy announcement and said that she and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had created a “pro-family environment in the White House.”
This comes after Katie Miller, the wife of Trump’s top adviser Stephen Miller, said the Administration embraces its employees raising their families.
“President Trump is the pro-family president,” Miller told Fox and Friends host Ainsley Earhardt, giving a unique example.
‘What we experienced yesterday is a very good example. I was taking the train to New York yesterday and we had some child care issues and my husband said, “Send all three of my kids to the West Wing.” [for] full time,” he recalled.
‘Stephen gave birth to all three of his children in the West Wing from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., that’s the kind of White House we have. “Bring them in,” they say.
‘And the President is very family friendly, isn’t he? He doesn’t just talk the talk. It’s working, and the great thing about working for President Trump and this administration is that he actually does what he says he’s going to do; so it supports all families, including those who work for it.’
Last month, Leavitt told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview that her marriage had been put under pressure by the demands of being White House press secretary.
While she was making plans for date nights with her husband, she joked that she suffered from PTSD because she often had to cancel and said she wasn’t “trying” to make plans anymore.
‘We just roll with it. “If there is a night when I can be free, we will take full advantage of it as a family,” he said.
‘Of course, it’s very difficult to plan in this business,’ he continued. ‘My husband and I took three different mini weekend getaway holidays this summer. ‘All three were canceled due to events in foreign policy.’
