About Kellyanne Conway
Conway was married to George Conway,[145] who is of counsel at the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and wrote the Supreme Court brief for Paula Jones during the Clinton impeachment in 1998.[146][147] The couple have four children: twins Claudia and George IV, Charlotte, and Vanessa.[147] Prior to Trump's presidency, they lived in Alpine, New Jersey.[35][148][149] Prior to her marriage, Conway dated senator Fred Thompson.[150]
George Conway is a critic of Trump; in December 2019 he co-founded the Lincoln Project, which campaigned against Trump's re-election from a conservative perspective.[151] In March 2019, Trump responded to criticism from Kellyanne's husband George by describing George as a "stone cold LOSER & husband from hell".[152] Kellyanne defended Trump by saying that George Conway is "not a psychiatrist" and that Trump should not be expected to respond when George, "a non-medical professional accuses him of having a mental disorder".[153]
Conway's daughter Claudia is a TikTok influencer who became known in 2020, at age 15, for her anti-Trump messages.[154][155][156][157] In July 2020 she said that her parents' marriage had "failed".[156] Claudia identifies as a leftist and liberal[158][159] and described her TikTok fan base as "leftist, A.C.A.B. (All Cops Are Bastards), anti-trump, blm (Black Lives Matter)".[160] In August 2020, Claudia Conway announced she was seeking emancipation.[161] In January 2021, she claimed that her mother has been "physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive," posting videos on TikTok appearing to show her mother screaming at and even once hitting her.[162] On January 25, 2021, Kellyanne Conway's official Twitter account shared a topless photo of a girl later confirmed to be Claudia Conway.[163] New Jersey police launched an investigation into the matter.[164] At age 16, Claudia Conway appeared as a contestant on, but was eliminated from, American Idol.[165]
In September 2019, Conway's cousin Giovanna Coia, who was then White House press assistant, married Vice President Mike Pence's nephew John Pence, who worked for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign.[166][167][168]
One of the few White House staffers to have had protection from the Secret Service due to various threats, Conway chose "Blueberry" as her Secret Service code name because of associations with the fruit from her youth in pageants and berry picking.[169]
In a September 2018 interview with Jake Tapper on CNN, Conway stated she was the victim of a sexual assault.[170][171]
On August 23, 2020, Conway announced her resignation in order to "spend more time with her family,"[172] as did her husband George, who announced he had taken time off from the Lincoln Project and Twitter.[173]
In March 2023, George and Kellyanne announced that they were divorcing after 22 years of marriage