Donald Trump Says Son Barron, 18, 'Likes Politics' as the High School Senior Is Named a Florida Delegate

Donald Trump took a moment to talk about his youngest son, Barron Trump, after the soon-to-be high school graduate was chosen to represent Florida as a delegate at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

During a Philadelphia radio interview on Friday, May 10, the 77-year-old former U.S. president revealed that Barron — who spent the past several years out of the Trump family spotlight — "does like politics" and occasionally even offers his father some advice.

"It's sort of funny. He'll tell me sometimes, 'Dad, this is what you have to do,' " Donald said during an appearance on Kayal and Company on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT.

"He's a little on the tall side, I will tell you, he's a tall one, but he is a good-looking guy," the former president also said in the interview of his 6-foot-7-inch son, who turned 18 in March. "And he’s really been a great student."

Trump confirmed that Barron will be "going to college," adding that "a lot of these choices of colleges are changing because you see what's going on in the last month," likely referring to pro-Palestinian protests that have shut down some campuses.

Barron is set to graduate from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 17, and was just recently selected along with other relatives to be an at-large delegate for Florida at the RNC, per a delegate list first obtained by NBC News.

Just 10 years old when his father became president, Barron grew up largely out of the public eye, and has kept a low profile in Florida with his mother, Melania Trump, since departing from Washington, D.C., in 2021.

The teenager's new delegate status will mark his highest-profile political role yet, and he's been selected alongside siblings Don Jr., Eric and Tiffany, as well as Tiffany's husband, Michael Boulos, and Don Jr.'s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle.

The delegates will attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July to cast their votes to support Trump and ultimately solidify his place as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.

Trump is currently on trial in Manhattan over 34 felony counts of falsified business records. He is expected to attend his son's high school graduation after getting special permission from New York Judge Juan Merchan to skip court that day for the ceremony.