Overview
- In a Pod Force One interview posted Nov. 19, the 28-year-old White House press secretary agreed her marriage to Nicholas Riccio is unusual and laughed when asked if she couldn’t find men her own age, replying, “Honestly, no.”
- She said her parents initially struggled with the age difference—her mother is younger than Riccio—but now describe a “typical” family dynamic after getting to know him.
- Leavitt and Riccio met during her 2022 New Hampshire congressional run, got engaged in 2023, welcomed son Niko on July 10, 2024, and married in January 2025 just before President Trump’s inauguration.
- She portrayed Riccio as a private, introverted, self-made New Hampshire real-estate developer and an “incredibly hands-on father” who supports her career.
- The interview clip went viral on social media and was followed by her Nov. 20 White House briefing, sustaining coverage of how her personal life intersects with her high-profile role.