Tucker Carlson’s Son Lands Cushy Nepo Job in White House

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Tucker Carlson’s son has scored a nice gig in Washington.

Buckley Carlson, 28, will soon begin work as a deputy press secretary in J.D. Vance’s office, sources told ABC News on Monday.

The hire is sure to revive calls of nepotism that were whispered in conservative circles in 2022 when Buckley, a 2019 University of Virginia graduate, was the communications director for then-Rep. Jim Banks. His most recent position was serving as the Indiana Republican’s deputy chief of staff.

Buckley’s new gig will keep him in Republican politics despite records listing him as a registered Democrat since 2015.

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Carlson has remained an ally to Trump since parting ways with Fox News. The former cable news star stood in the same row as the president during last summer’s RNC and interviewed him in the buildup to Election Day.

Reports emerged in 2022 that alleged Carlson and his wife, Susan, tried to call on Hunter Biden to help get Buckley accepted into Georgetown when he was a senior in high school.

“I realize you don’t really know Buckley,” Susie Carlson wrote via email in 2014 to Biden, a Georgetown graduate. “Maybe you could meet or speak to him and he could send you a very brief resume with his interests and grades attached.”

Donald Trump was interviewed by Tucker Carlson less than a week before the 2024 election. / PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images
Donald Trump was interviewed by Tucker Carlson less than a week before the 2024 election. / PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images

Carlson wrote off the alleged email—exposed during Hunter’s email scandal—as “Russian disinformation” in a call with The Washington Post.

Carlson reportedly raged behind the scenes that same year after a Daily Beast report quoted a GOP strategist suggesting Buckley was a nepotism hire by Banks because he “dies to be liked by the establishment.”

Conservatives, including Donald Trump Jr., quickly came to Buckley’s defense after the report and asserted he was plenty qualified to hold the position that he did.