When U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025, Karoline Leavitt joined his team as the White House's new press secretary — the youngest person ever to do so.
Nominated at age 27, Leavitt grew up in New Hampshire — in a home where "Fox News was always on," The Washington Post reported — and was a college student during Trump's first presidential term. In 2022, she ran an unsuccessful congressional campaign, and Trump's third presidential campaign tapped her to be its press secretary in early 2024.
While leading White House communications, she has been both a target of and promoter of questionable rumors. Below is a sample.
