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Meet the family of Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' VP pick
Meet the family of Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' VP pick
Gabbi Shaw,Talia LakritzAug 7, 2024, 03:02 IST
<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Tim Walz is officially in the running for vice president of the United States.Alex Kormann/Star Tribune/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vice-president-candidates-reaction-tim-walz-josh-shapiro-comments-2024-8">Kamala Harris' running mate</a> in the 2024 election.</li><li>Walz has been married for 30 years and has two children.</li></ul><p>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — who you might recognize from the many viral videos of him calling Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-tim-walz-kamala-harris-vice-president-election-midwest-2024-7">weird</a>" — was announced on Tuesday as <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-names-tim-walz-vice-president-pick-minnesota-2024-7">Kamala Harris' running mate</a> for the 2024 election.</p><p>The reveal came after <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/short-campaign-november-presidential-election-may-benefit-kamala-harris-2024-8">two weeks of speculation</a> and ahead of the Democratic National Convention, which kicks off on August 19.</p><p>If Harris and Walz beat former President Donald Trump and Vance to the White House, Walz and his wife would become the newest residents of the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-do-vice-presidents-live-official-residence-2021-6">VP's official home, Number One Observatory Circle</a>, where Harris currently lives.</p><p>Here's what you need to know about Walz's wife, Gwen, their two kids, Hope and Gus, and their rescue pets, Scout and Honey.</p>
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Tim Walz has been governor since 2019. He previously served in the House of Representatives and worked as a high school teacher.
Tim Walz and Kamala Harris have had a working relationship over the years.STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP/Getty Images
Walz is one of four siblings. His brother, Craig, died during a storm in 2016.
Walz is one of four kids.Jacquelyn Martin/AP
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Walz met his wife, Gwen, when the two were teachers at the same school in Nebraska.
Tim and Gwen Walz have been married for 30 years.Cliff Owen/AP
They married in 1994 and moved to Minnesota, Gwen's home state, two years later.
Gwen and Tim Walz moved to Minnesota in the '90s and have stayed there ever since — though a move to Washington, DC, might be in their future.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
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They have two children: Hope and Gus.
From left to right, Gwen, Tim, Gus, and Hope Walz at a 2018 primary event. He'd go on to win the gubernatorial election.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Walz has been open about how he and his wife used IVF to conceive their children after seven years of fertility treatments.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz arrives to speak at a press conference regarding new gun legislation at City Hall on August 1, 2024Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
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Hope is 23 years old. She attended the University of Minnesota.
Walz and his daughter, Hope, have a close relationship.Abbie Parr/AP
Gus, born in 2006, is 17 years old.
Tim Walz and his son, Gus, in 2018.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images