As Barron steps into the spotlight as a Republican delegate, here is what we know about the youngest Trump

Just months after turning 18, Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron Trump is taking his first steps into the world of American politics.

The teenager, who will graduate from high school later this month, has been selected to appear as an at-large delegate for Florida at the upcoming Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this July, according to NBC News.

His father is expected to formally accept the Republican party’s nomination for the presidency at the event and name his running mate, a matter of intense media speculation since the primaries.

Barron’s much older half-siblings, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump, have been chosen to serve as Sunshine State delegates as well.

Long shielded from the spotlight by his mother Melania, Barron was dragged into the headlines last month when Mr Trump complained that Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over his New York hush money trial, would not allow him to attend his high school graduation ceremony.

His fury was soon echoed by conservative media outlets, with Fox News guest Piers Morgan urging the former president to risk jail time rather than miss such an important occasion.

However, the justice did not actually say anything of the sort, remarking merely that he expected Mr Trump to attend court every day of his trial, as required by law, and that he would rule on permitting him an off-day closer to the date, depending on how the case before him was proceeding.

Criminal defendants are required by law to attend every day of their trials. Exceptions can, however, be made at the discretion of a judge.

Two weeks later on April 30, the judge ruled that he would allow Mr Trump to attend Barron’s graduation on May 17, saying that he was happy about the pace at which the proceedings in his courtroom were moving.

So now Barron is stepping into the political limelight, what do we know about him?

Barron William Trump was born on March 20, 2006, and is Mr Trump’s only child with his third wife, Melania.

He was baptised at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida – a venue he returned to in January for the funeral of his grandmother, Melania’s mother, Amalija Knavs.

The youngest of the former president’ s children, Barron was raised at Trump Tower in Manhattan and attended the affluent borough’s Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School.

Barron was still a child when his father won the presidency in November 2016 and entered the White House.

Although he did attend his father’s inauguration in January 2017, he was protected from public view by his mother, who initially did not join her husband in Washington DC but chose to stay in New York so that her son could finish his school year.

Barron was subsequently enrolled in St Andrew’s Episcopal School, a private institution in Potomac, Maryland.

There, he was largely allowed to pursue his education in peace until his father lost the 2020 presidential election, at which point the family relocated to Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Barron then enlisted at the nearby Oxbridge Academy in 2021, from which he will now graduate in mid-May.

Little else is currently known about the youngest Trump, although he is understood to be fluent in Slovenian thanks to his mother’s influence, and a keen soccer fan.

He has been seen wearing an Arsenal shirt and met DC United players when they came to the White House in April 2017. (© The Independent)

‘The youngest Trump is understood to be fluent in Slovenian, thanks to his mother’