10 things you probably didn’t know about Donald Trump Jr. – from his Hillary Clinton donation and US$9.7 million mansion with girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, to his Czech fluency

Jan 3 , 2022

Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle smile during a Keep Iowa Great press conference in Des Moines, in February 2020. Photo: AFP

Back in 2001, Trump Jr.’s drinking habit was so severe, he was arrested for public drunkenness and spent 11 hours in jail – now he lives the teetotal lifestyle

Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host, sold their Hamptons house for US$8 million in March, then bought a sprawling estate near Mar-a-Lago in Florida

While Donald Trump’s oldest child, Donald Trump Jr., may not have had an official role in the White House, his questionable conduct and his father’s fame have certainly landed him in headlines more than a few times.

After his 44th birthday on December 31, 2021, we look at 10 things you probably didn’t about the former US president’s son.

1. His bachelor’s degree in economics

Donald Trump, along with his son Donald Jr., arrives for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, in January 2017. Photo: AFP

Donald Jr. has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance. He graduated in 2000 from Wharton, which Donald Sr. also attended.

2. He worked as a bartender for a year

Donald Trump Jr. at the cocktail reception and presentation for Trump International Hotel and Tower, Toronto, in Hong Kong, in 2004. Photo: SCMP

Trump Jr. worked as a bartender for a year in Aspen, Colorado, after university, and wrote that his drinking became a “recipe for disaster”.

In 2001, he spent 11 hours in jail after he was arrested and charged with public drunkenness.

“Once I got going, it wasn’t easy to stop me – which, when you’re in college, isn’t a huge problem, as long as you’re getting your work done,” Trump Jr. wrote in his 2019 book Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us. “But once I started thinking about a career and a life beyond school, it was. To be honest, I didn’t know how to drink in moderation.”