--- title: Republican Convention: Here's Who Was on Stage description: Meet the families of Donald Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence canonical: https://time.com/4418559/republican-convention-stage/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T04:50:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:27:55.795Z article:section: Politics og:title: Who Was on Stage With Trump After His Speech? og:description: Meet the families of Donald Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence. og:url: https://time.com/4418559/republican-convention-stage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66fa7c6089cb080c/69889ec58e06010492466d0c/gettyimages-578550528.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5182 og:image:height: 2915 og:image:alt: The 2016 Republican National Convention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Who Was on Stage With Trump After His Speech? twitter:description: Meet the families of Donald Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66fa7c6089cb080c/69889ec58e06010492466d0c/gettyimages-578550528.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Who Was on Stage With Donald Trump After His Speech at the Republican Convention > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 22, 2016 4:50 AM UTC  Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, center left, and Mike Pence, 2016 Republican vice presidential nominee, center right, stand on stage with their families during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, center left, and Mike Pence, 2016 Republican vice presidential nominee, center right, stand on stage with their families during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, July 21, 2016. David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 22, 2016 4:50 AM UTC It’s official: Donald Trump is now the Republican candidate for President. The New York business magnate gave a comprehensive, 74-minute speech to conclude the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Thursday night, officially accepting the party’s nomination to run for President of the United States. Following the speech, he was joined on stage by his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, as well as their families, as balloons and confetti fell from the ceiling. Here’s who was on stage, from left to right in the above photograph: [**Tiffany Trump**](http://time.com/4412814/republican-convention-tiffany-trump-speech/), the daughter from Trump’s second marriage to Marla Maples **Lara Trump**, wife of Trump’s son Eric [**Eric Trump**](http://time.com/4414875/republican-convention-eric-trump/), the billionaire’s second son with his first wife Ivana Trump **Victor Knavs**, father of Trump’s current wife Melania **Amalija Knavs**, Melania’s mother [**Melania Trump**](http://time.com/4412372/melania-trump-speech-criticism-michelle-obama/) **Barron Trump**, the 10-year-old son of Donald and Melania **Donald Trump** **Mike Pence** **Karen Pence**, Pence’s wife **Charlotte Pence**, the oldest of the Indiana governor’s three children Trump’s daughter [**Ivanka**](http://time.com/4418530/republican-convention-ivanka-trump/), from his first marriage Ivanka’s husband **Jared Kushner** **Vanessa Trump**, wife of Trump’s oldest son Donald Trump Jr. [**Donald Trump Jr.**](http://time.com/4414279/donald-trump-jr-speechwriter-says-there-was-no-plagiarism/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418559/republican-convention-stage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418559/republican-convention-stage/"},"headline":"Here's Who Was on Stage With Donald Trump After His Speech at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-22T04:50:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:27:55.795Z","description":"Meet the families of Donald Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence","url":"https://time.com/4418559/republican-convention-stage/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","Election 2016","Donald Trump","Mike Pence","Ivanka Trump","Melania Trump","Donald Trump Jr.","Eric Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66fa7c6089cb080c/69889ec58e06010492466d0c/gettyimages-578550528.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66fa7c6089cb080c/69889ec58e06010492466d0c/gettyimages-578550528.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2016 Republican National Convention","caption":"The 2016 Republican National Convention","creditText":"David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4418559/republican-convention-stage/","name":"Here's Who Was on Stage With Donald Trump After His Speech at the Republican Convention"}}]}] ```