Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Political Rise and High-Profile Relationships Draw Renewed Attention

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s path has taken her from California courtrooms to national television and the center of Republican politics. The former Fox News host was also married to Gavin Newsom, now California’s governor, before becoming closely associated with Donald Trump’s political circle, according to the article. Born in San Francisco in 1969, Guilfoyle studied at the University of California, Davis, and earned a law degree from the University of San Francisco. She worked as a prosecutor in Los Angeles and San Francisco before moving into television as a legal analyst. In 2006, she joined Fox News, where she later became a co-host of “The Five.” Guilfoyle married Newsom in 2001, before his tenure as San Francisco mayor and later governor of California. Their relationship attracted attention, and a 2004 Harper’s Bazaar feature presented them as a glamorous political couple. They separated in 2005 and finalized their divorce the following year, the article says. Guilfoyle later married businessman Eric Villency; they have a son, Ronan, and their marriage ended in 2009. In 2018, Guilfoyle left Fox News and took a senior role with the pro-Trump group America First Action. She became a fundraiser for Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign and chaired the Trump Victory finance committee. Her appearances at Republican conventions and campaign events made her a familiar figure among Trump supporters. Guilfoyle began dating Donald Trump Jr. in 2018, and the pair became a prominent couple in the former president’s political orbit. They became engaged privately in 2020, according to the article. It also says Guilfoyle’s political career later took her to a diplomatic post in Greece, where she served for less than a year before the White House asked her to resign in October 2026. The article attributes the end of her tenure to allegations involving financial favors and access to administration officials. Guilfoyle has denied wrongdoing. Her career, it says, has spanned law, television, campaigning and diplomacy, while her marriages and relationships have placed her alongside figures from opposing political camps.