Karoline Leavitt, the White House Press Secretary, has joyfully announced that she is expecting a baby girl.

The 28-year-old and her husband, Nick Riccio, who is 59, are set to welcome their second child in May 2026. Their first child, a son named Niko, joined their family in July 2024.

Leavitt shared the delightful news on Instagram, describing their upcoming addition as “the greatest Christmas gift we could ever ask for.”

“My husband and I are thrilled to expand our family and eagerly anticipate our son stepping into his new role as a big brother,” Leavitt expressed. “I am deeply thankful to God for the blessing of motherhood, which I truly consider the closest experience to Heaven on Earth.”

In her heartfelt post, Leavitt also extended her gratitude to President Trump, noting that he and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles have nurtured “a pro-family atmosphere in the White House.”

She wrapped up her message with enthusiasm for the future, stating, “2026 is going to be an incredible year, and I’m thrilled to embrace being a girl mom.”

Leavitt’s social media post brought a wave of well-wishers, however some critics used the moment to insult Leavitt and her family with vile comments.  

It comes as the Daily Mail this week took an inside look at the race to replace Leavitt in the White House press secretary hot seat. 

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has revealed she is expecting a baby girl in an Instagram post describing the happy news as ‘the greatest Christmas gift we could ever ask for’

Leavitt, 28, 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 becoming the face of the White House this year, Leavitt’s marriage to her husband Nick, a real estate developer, has raised questions due to their 32 year age gap. 

In March, Leavitt admitted they have a ‘very atypical love story’, and said they first met when she ran for congress in New Hampshire in 2022, a race which she lost. 

‘A mutual friend of ours hosted an event at a restaurant that he owns up in New Hampshire and invited my husband,’ Leavitt told Megyn Kelly at the time. 

‘I was speaking. We met and we were acquainted as friends. And then we fell in love.’

When The Megyn Kelly Show host asked if there had been any thought in her mind of ‘I can’t date him, he’s 59 and I’m 27?’, Karoline confirmed that she had dealt with initials doubts about how the 32-year age gap would impact the relationship.

‘Yes, of course. I mean it’s a very atypical love story but he’s incredible,’ she gushed. ‘He is my greatest supporter, he’s my best friend and he’s my rock.’

The political aide continued: ‘He’s built a very successful business himself so now he’s fully supportive of me building my success in my career.

‘He’s the father of my child and he’s the best dad I could ever ask for. And he is so supportive, especially during a very chaotic period of life.’ 

Leavitt, seen with President Trump in July, thanked the president in her pregnancy announcement, saying he and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles have fostered ‘a pro-family environment in the White House’

Leavitt’s remark in her pregnancy announcement that Trump is pro-family follows ‘The Katie Miller Podcast’ host Katie Miller, wife of top Trump advisor Stephen Miller saying that the Trump White House has embraced his staff growing their families during a recent appearance on Fox and Friends.

‘President Trump is the most pro-family president,’ Miller told Fox and Friends host Ainsley Earhardt, giving a unique example. 

‘We’ve had yesterday is a great example. Yesterday was taking the train to New York, and we had a bit of childcare issues, and so my husband said, ‘send me all three kids to the West Wing the full day,” she recalled. 

‘Stephen had all three kids from 10am to 6pm in the West Wing, that’s the kind of White House we have. They’re like, bring them in. 

‘And the President is so family friendly, right? He doesn’t just talk the talk. He walks the walk, and that’s what’s so great in working for President Trump, and this administration, is he really does do what he says he’s going to do, which is support all families and that includes the ones who worked for him.’ 

Last month, Leavitt told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview that her marriage had been put under strain by the demands of being the White House press secretary. 

She joked that she had PTSD around making plans for date nights with her husband because of how frequently she has to cancel them, and said she now ‘just doesn’t’ try to make the plans. 

‘We just roll with it. If there’s a night where I happen to become free, then we take full advantage of that as a family,’ she said. 

‘Definitely, it’s very difficult to make plans in this job,’ she continued. ‘My husband and I had three different mini weekend getaway vacations this summer. All three got canceled due to foreign policy events.’