Donald Trump Jr. missed his father’s 2024 campaign launch because he was hunting in the mountains and was unable to get a flight to Florida, the Daily Beast reports.
Earlier, Ivanka Trump issued a statement saying she was done with politics.
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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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