Kimberly Guilfoyle

Kimberly Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle in 2024
United States Ambassador to Greece
Designate
Assuming office
September 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
SucceedingGeorge James Tsunis
First Lady of San Francisco
In role
January 8, 2004 – February 28, 2006
MayorGavin Newsom
Preceded byBlanche Vitero
Succeeded byJennifer Siebel Newsom (2008)
Personal details
Born
Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle

(1969-03-09) March 9, 1969[1]
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
(m. 2001; div. 2006)
Eric Villency
(m. 2006; div. 2009)
Domestic partnerDonald Trump Jr. (2018–2024)
Children1
Education
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • author
  • television news personality

Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle (/ˈɡɪlfɔɪl/; born March 9, 1969) is an American attorney and television news personality who has been the United States Ambassador-designate to Greece since 2025. She co-hosted The Five on Fox News.[2] Guilfoyle was a prosecuting attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. She was an Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco from 2000 to 2004. She was the First Lady of San Francisco from 2004 to 2006 when her then-husband Gavin Newsom was mayor.

Guilfoyle worked at Fox News from 2006 to 2018.[3] She later joined America First Policies, a pro-Trump super PAC.[4][5]

In December 2024, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Guilfoyle to be the United States Ambassador to Greece.[6] On September 18, 2025, the Senate confirmed her nomination with a 51-47 vote.[7]

Personal life

She married California politician Gavin Newsom and was First Lady of San Francisco during Newsom's first two years as mayor of that city.

In May 2018, it was confirmed she was dating Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump.[8] They became engaged in December 2020.[9] However, they ended their relationship and engagement in 2024.[10]

References

  1. Ralph, Pat (June 25, 2018). "The life of Kimberly Guilfoyle: Meet the Fox News star, former prosecutor, and model who's dating Donald Trump Jr". Business Insider. Guilfoyle was born in San Francisco on March 9, 1969.
  2. "The Five". Fox News Channel. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
  3. Ali, Yashar (July 20, 2018). "Kimberly Guilfoyle Did Not Leave Fox News Voluntarily, Sources Say: Scoop". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  4. Darcy, Oliver. "Fox News' Kimberly Guilfoyle leaving the network to hit campaign trail with Donald Trump Jr". CNNMoney. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. McAfee, Tierney (July 20, 2018). "Kimberly Guilfoyle Leaving Fox News and Set to Campaign with Boyfriend Don Jr". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  6. "Trump chooses Kimberly Guilfoyle as his pick for Greece ambassador". CNN. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  7. "Senate confirms 48 of Trump's nominees at once after changing the chamber's rules". AP News. 2025-09-18. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  8. Ross, Martha (May 14, 2018). "Did Donald Trump Jr. leak Kimberly Guilfoyle romance story for this petty reason?". The Mercury News.
  9. Papenfuss, Mary (January 3, 2022). "Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Engaged — For A Year". HuffPost. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  10. "Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr.'s Breakup is 'Not a Contentious Thing' and His 'Family is Still Enamored with Her' (Exclusive)".

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