Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron attended his first campaign rally where he was met with rapturous applause by his father’s supporters.
Barron, who recently turned 18, pumped his fists and waved at the crowd as the elder Trump said: “Welcome to the scene, Barron.”
Reacting to the crowd’s applause, Mr Trump said that Barron “might be more popular than Don and Eric”, Trump’s two older sons.
“He had such a nice easy life, now it’s a little bit changed,” Trump added.
Barron, who stands at 6ft 7in tall, had been shielded from the limelight throughout his childhood but is understood to be preparing to take a more active political role.
The Republican Party named the 18-year-old as a delegate in next week’s Republican National Convention, but he declined, citing other commitments.
It came after Melania Trump, Barron’s mother, on Monday night raised $1.4 million for her husband’s campaign at a fundraiser in the couple’s Trump Tower penthouse in New York City.
The fundraiser was for Log Cabin Republicans, a Republican-affiliated LGBT rights group, who described the event as “amazingly spectacular”.