Barron Trump, 11, has said goodbye to Trump Tower and moved into the White House.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has been home to several “first kids,” who are in the public eye almost as much as their parents. They dictate fashion trends, appear on their parents’ behalf at embassies around the world, and sometimes host senior prom in the White House East Room.
But when the first family departs their famous address, the spotlight typically turns away from them. Here’s what the first kids of the past are up to today.
Caroline Kennedy is seen as a possible candidate for a congressional seat in New York.
Daughter of John and Jackie Kennedy
After a lifetime of training in diplomacy, Caroline Kennedy served for three years as the US ambassador to Japan. During her tenure, former President Barack Obama strengthened his relationship with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Caroline stepped down in January 2017.
The former attorney also serves as honorary president of the JFK Presidential Library and has written nine best-selling books on constitutional law, American history, and poetry.
In May 2017, the New York Daily News reported that Kennedy is considered a 2018 run for a congressional seat in New York, but those rumors are unconfirmed.
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb advocates for equal rights for women and minorities.
Daughter of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
At 73, former First Lady of Virginia Lynda Bird Johnson Robb is the oldest living child of a US president. In the ’70s she chaired the President’s Advisory Committee for Women to help carry out President Jimmy Carter’s mandate to promote gender equality.
Robb, whose father signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act, gave a speech at the 50th anniversary ceremony of the March on Washington and attended the remembrance banquet for the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” assault in Selma, Alabama.
Luci Baines Johnson chaired the private holding company her mother founded 70 years ago.
Daughter of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Like mother, like daughter: Luci Baines Johnson took the helm at LBJ Asset Management Partners in the late ’80s and turned the business around in the midst of economic crisis.
She makes dozens of speeches each year to support the causes that were close to her family. In February 2017, she attended a gathering in Austin, Texas, to show support for the Muslim community there. A marcher who met Luci shared a post about their encounter that went viral.
Tricia Nixon Cox lives a quiet life with her family in Manhattan.
Daughter of Richard and Pat Nixon
Trisha Nixon Cox accompanied her father on many campaign stops and state trips during his presidency but has steered clear of the spotlight since starting a family more than 40 years ago.
Trisha serves on the board of the Richard Nixon Foundation and remains married to Edward Cox, whom she wed in the first wedding in the White House Rose Garden in 1971.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower married into another presidential lineage.
Daughter of Richard and Pat Nixon
A vocal supporter of her father after the Watergate scandal broke, Julie Nixon Eisenhower lives on a Pennsylvania farm away from the public eye. She married David Eisenhower, President Eisenhower’s grandson, uniting two of the country’s most powerful political families.
She wrote a biography about her mother, “Pat Nixon: The Untold Story,” and she helps manage her father’s presidential library. She and her husband also authored a memoir about her grandfather-in-law, “Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower.”
Michael Ford oversees campus life at Wake Forest University.
Son of Gerald and Betty Ford
Michael Ford returned to his alma mater, Wake Forest University, in 1981 as associate dean of campus life. As director of the school’s philanthropic programming, he fosters the holistic development of students and connects students to others on campus for advice and counsel.
Ford enjoys running, biking, service, travel, and cheering on the Demon Deacons.
Jack Ford was a founding staff member of the magazine Outside.
Son of Gerald and Betty Ford
John Gardner “Jack” Ford — once President Ford’s free-spirited, shaggy-haired son — grew into a successful entrepreneur. He founded a startup, California Infotech, that supplies electronic information kiosks to malls. He also helped launch Outside magazine.
After appearing at half a dozen Republican National Conventions, Ford was tapped to serve as executive director of the host committee for the RNC in 1996.
Steven Ford appeared on seven seasons of “The Young and the Restless.”
Son of Gerald and Betty Ford
Steven Ford joined the cast of television soap opera “The Young and The Restless” in 1981, playing private investigator Andy Richards. After six seasons and a role reprisal in 2002, he appeared in several films including “Black Hawk Down” and “When Harry Met Sally.”
Ford ended his tenure as chairman of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation in 2015, but he continues to honor his father’s legacy by speaking at town-hall events and lectures.
Susan Ford Bales worked as a photojournalist for high-profile publications.
Daughter of Gerald and Betty Ford
President Ford’s only daughter, Susan Ford Bales, took up photography under the mentorship of White House photographer David Kennerly. She went on to become a photojournalist for news outlets including The Associated Press and Newsweek.
Susan helped launch National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and succeeded her mother as chairwoman of the Betty Ford Center. She’s also been calling for better efforts to identify causes and cures to heart disease, after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest herself in 2013.
Jack Carter ran for a Nevada seat in the US Senate.
Son of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
John William “Jack” Carter ran for the first major office the Carter family has sought since 1980. He sealed the Democratic nomination for the US Senate seat but was unsuccessful against an incumbent Republican senator in the 2006 Nevada election.
Carter spent most of his career in the investment and finance industry.
Chip Carter lays low while his son carries on the political torch.
Son of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Not much is known about James Earl “Chip” Carter III. He participated in the Democratic National Committee, pursued a variety of vague business ventures, and married three times.
His son and grandson of President Carter, James Carter IV, made headlines during the 2012 presidential election, having helped unearth the infamous “47%” video that ostracized nominee Mitt Romney. Later, James Carter IV received a thank-you note from President Barack Obama.
Jeff Carter launched a computer-electronics company.
Son of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Donnel Jeffrey “Jeff” Carter is a cofounder of Computer Mapping Consultants, a computer-mapping company that became a consultancy for the World Bank in 1978. It later held foreign government contracts, though the company has since collapsed.
Amy Lynn Carter illustrated a children’s book that her father wrote.
Daughter of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Amy Lynn Carter Wentzel became a political activist in the ’80s and ’90s — and was even arrested at a CIA recruitment protest. She later received her master’s degree from Tulane.
Amy went to work with her dad on “The Little Baby