Who is Bettina Anderson? When it comes to Palm Beach society, the Florida model and socialite’s a well-known figure.
But in December 2024, she achieved global fame after she was spotted kissing Donald Trump Jr. in Palm Beach. Let’s take a look back.
Who is Bettina Anderson, Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend?
Photos of Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson holding hands and kissing were posted around Dec. 10, 2024, on British tabloid sites, and “Bettina Anderson” dominated Google News and search engine queries. At the time, most assumed Donald Trump Jr. and his longtime live-in girlfriend, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, were still a couple and planning their wedding before, during and after the 2024 presidential election.
At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July 2024, when then-former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination, Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle were campaigning together on his behalf. Bettina Anderson, however, was part of the Trump family VIP box, and photographed sitting next to Guilfoyle’s son, Ronan Villency (see photo below).
In October 2024, weeks before Election Day, Anderson co-hosted an invitation-only Trump fundraiser. Two months later, when the photos went viral, she became known as Donald Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend.
Days after the tabloid photos of the new couple were posted online, with many questioning Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship status with Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump announced his first-born son’s ex-fiancee would become the ambassador to Greece during his administration.
When did Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle break up? Guilfoyle called Trump Jr. her ‘soulmate’
Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was once married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, dated from 2018 to 2024 and bought a house together in the exclusive gated Jupiter, Florida, neighborhood, Admirals Cove. In the past, Guilfoyle referred to the president’s son as her “soulmate” and “love of her life.”
While it is not known exactly when Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson started their relationship and when Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle ended theirs, the three have attended several post-campaign events together, in particular, the Inauguration Day celebrations in Washington, D.C., and other fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Donald Trump’s private club.
What to know about Donald Trump Jr., Bettina Anderson and Kimberly Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle’s confirmation hearing was held in July 2025, with her brother, her son Ronan Villency and Donald Trump III (eldest son of Donald Trump Jr. and Donald Trump’s second oldest grandchild) in attendance. Guilfoyle was officially confirmed in September 2025.
Since December 2024, when the world found out about Donald Trump Jr., Bettina Anderson and Kimberly Guilfoyle, the president’s son and his girlfriend have attended very public events. Donald Trump Jr. and Anderson became “Instagram official” on Super Bowl Sunday in February 2025. The pair attended Super Bowl LIX with three of Donald Trump Jr.’s children with his ex-wife Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump III, Spencer Trump and Chloe Trump.
Anderson has no children and lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice Presidential Nominee Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), Usha Chilukuri Vance, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Tiffany Trump, Vanessa Haydon, Chloe Trump, Lara Trump, Eric Luke Trump and Hulk Hogan sit on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 18, 2024.
Photos of Bettina Anderson and Donald Trump Jr.
Photos of Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr.
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This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Bettina Anderson, Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle a year after election
