Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the position of White House press secretary, will leave the role at the end of August, she announced on Wednesday, August 12.
Leavitt, 28, said in a statement that “serving as the White House press secretary over the past year and a half has been the honour and adventure of a lifetime”, but that she would be stepping down to spend more time with her two young children.
“Being a mother and welcoming a new baby while working in one of the most demanding jobs in the world has been the most rewarding yet challenging season of my life, to say the least,” she said. Leavitt’s daughter, Viviana, was born on May 1, and she returned to work in July.
