This archive report was first published on 4 July 2020.
On July 3, 2020, Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Trump's eldest son and a top fund-raising official for the Trump re-election campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus before a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore.
Guilfoyle traveled to South Dakota with Donald Trump Jr. to attend a huge fireworks display where the president was set to speak. However, she was the only person in the group who tested positive for the virus.
As a routine precaution, people who come in close contact with Mr. Trump are screened for the virus. Guilfoyle is the third person in possible proximity to Mr. Trump known to have contracted the virus.
She was not experiencing symptoms and plans to drive back from South Dakota to the East Coast with Donald Trump Jr. out of caution.
Guilfoyle's positive test result is likely to renew attention around potential risks to the president, especially as outbreaks have emerged in the South and West and states across the country report a record number of cases each day.
