Barron Trump 'Regretfully' Refuses RNC Delegate Role

The former president's son, who turned 18 in March, said he has 'prior commitments.'

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Barron Trump, pictured with his mother, Melania Trump, has declined an invitation to serve as a delegate to this summer's Republican National Convention. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Barron Trump, the youngest son of former President Donald Trump, has opted against serving as a delegate at the Republican National Convention this summer, CNN reported.

"While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines due to prior commitments," Melania Trump, Barron's mother and the former first lady, said in a statement.

The 18-year-old Barron had been selected by the Florida Republican Party as an at-large delegate for the convention in July.

Other Trump family members, including Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump, were also chosen as delegates.

Barron's dad, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, talked about Barron during a radio interview on Friday.

"He's a great guy. He's a little on the tall side, I will tell you, he's a tall one. But he's a good-looking guy, and he's really been a great student and he does like politics. It's sort of funny, he'll tell me sometimes, 'Dad, this is what you have to do,'" Donald Trump said in the radio interview with Kayal and Company.

In an interview Thursday with Telemundo 51 in Miami, Trump bungled his youngest son's age, saying he was 17 even though he turned 18 in March.

Again speaking on Telemundo of Barron's offered role at the RNC, Trump said: "He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17."

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