The wife of White House social media chief Dan Scavino Jr. has filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage, according to a report.
Jennifer Scavino filed papers on Jan. 18 in upstate Hopewell Junction, New York, where the couple — parents to two sons — have a home, according to Huffington Post.
The Scavinos filed for bankruptcy in July 2015 because of Jennifer’s mounting medical bills related to her chronic Lyme disease, the Daily Beast reported.
Dan, 42, met then-businessman Donald Trump in 1990 when he served as his teen caddie and rose through the ranks to become manager of the Trump National Golf Club-Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported.
He now holds the title of assistant to the president, the highest-ranking staff position in the White House — along with other top aides, including Kellyanne Conway, White House counsel Don McGahn and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The social media guru found himself in hot water in June 2017 when he was reprimanded for violating the Hatch Act, the federal law that prevents executive branch officials from using their positions to influence elections.
The Office of the Special Counsel said he ran afoul of the law when he tweeted at Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and encouraged Trump supporters to defeat him.
Two months before Trump launched his campaign for the White House in 2015, Scavino tweeted an image of his wife.
“My amazing wife, Jennifer has Chronic Inflammatory Polyneuropathy Disease from a tick, resulting in Lyme Disease,” he wrote in the caption.
“We are both 39 years old. 10 years of this awful neurological disease, she is my hero. Not once feeling sorry for herself or really even talking about it outside of our home. While I had to leave my career, I have and will be with her every step of the way.”
The filing is the second divorce announcement to hit Trump’s orbit in days.
Late Thursday, Vanessa Trump sued Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest child, for divorce. They have five children and have been married since 2005.