Katie Miller

Personal details

Full name: Katherine Rose Miller (née Waldman)
Born: October 4, 1991 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Education: University of Florida (bachelor's); George Washington University (Master of Public Administration)
Spouse: Stephen Miller (married February 16, 2020)
Children: Four
Political affiliation: Republican
Notable public positions: DHS deputy press secretary (2017–2019); vice-presidential press secretary (2019–2020); communications director to Vice President Mike Pence (2020–2021)
2025 federal roles: DOGE communications adviser (special government employee); appointed to President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Subsequent work: Private communications adviser to Elon Musk (2025); The Katie Miller Podcast (new episodes discontinued November 2026)

Early life, family and education

Katherine Rose Waldman, known publicly as Katie Miller, was born on October 4, 1991, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and grew up in nearby Weston. Her father, Glenn Waldman, is an attorney. Biographical reporting describes her involvement in student politics and debate before she moved to Washington. She attended the University of Florida and graduated in 2014, then earned a master's degree in public administration from George Washington University. [1] [2] [3]

Katie and Stephen Miller met through work in the first Trump administration during 2018, including discussions about Department of Homeland Security communications and border policy. They married in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 2020, and have four children. Their personal relationship is a documented fact; professional decisions attributed to either spouse require separate evidence. [1] [3]

Congressional and federal communications career, 2014–2021

After college, Waldman worked as a press assistant for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. She then served as press secretary for Senator Steve Daines of Montana, a position listed in congressional staff records from 2015 to 2017. From late 2017 into 2019 she was a deputy press secretary at the Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration; she subsequently served as communications director for Senator Martha McSally of Arizona in 2019. These roles involved press operations and messaging, not the authority of a Cabinet secretary or agency head. [1] [2]

In October 2019 she became press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence and, in May 2020, his communications director. A preserved White House announcement dated May 27, 2020 confirms her appointment as communications director. She remained in the vice president's office through the end of the administration in January 2021. Her time at DHS overlapped public debate over border restrictions and family separation; a press role does not establish that she independently designed those policies. [1] [2] [4]

After government service she worked in Republican public-affairs and communications consulting, including work associated with P2 Public Affairs and its predecessor Pathway Public Affairs. Her experience linked campaign operations, congressional offices, the Department of Homeland Security, the vice president's staff and private consulting. [2] [6]

Second administration and DOGE communications, 2024–2025

During the transition to Trump's second administration, Katie Miller became associated with the communications effort around Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In early 2025 she served as a special government employee working with DOGE communications. WIRED reported she also remained employed by the private public-relations firm P2 Public Affairs, describing the overlapping roles and questions they created about transparency and conflicts. Special-government-employee status allows certain outside employment subject to ethics rules; the overlap is not itself a finding of a violation. [6]

On February 11, 2025, the White House also named Katie Miller among appointees to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. That advisory appointment is distinct from her DOGE communications assignment and should not be mistaken for operational control over intelligence agencies. [5]

In February 2025, WIRED reported that Katie and Stephen Miller acted as communication intermediaries between Musk's DOGE effort and other White House officials. That account was attributed to people familiar with the internal discussions. It supports a reported communications role, not a claim that either spouse personally issued every staffing directive, obtained access to every government database, or directed the entire program. [6]

Katie Miller left the government around Musk's own departure at the end of May 2025 and subsequently worked for him in the private sector, particularly in communications and advisory functions. Reuters reported on July 18 that she said she was still paid by Musk while declining to specify every duty. Axios reported on August 7 that she had ended her full-time position with Musk and was launching an independent media project. These accounts are dated and describe changing roles rather than simultaneous permanent employment at every company. [7] [8]

Podcast and public communications, 2025–2026

On August 7, 2025, Miller announced The Katie Miller Podcast, a show positioned toward conservative women and families, covering politics, culture, parenting and public life. Her guests included Vice President JD Vance and, later, officials and media figures including Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy. A guest appearance documents an interview, not a financial relationship or policy agreement. [8] [11]

On November 8, 2026, following Stephen Miller's appointment as White House chief of staff, Katie announced that she would stop recording new podcast episodes to focus on her family. Reporting said previously recorded episodes were still expected to be released. The program should therefore be described as discontinued for new recording, not as an ongoing weekly production after that announcement. [11] [13] [14]

xAI holdings, disclosures and questions of influence

Financial disclosures filed by Stephen Miller identify interests held by his spouse, including shares of xAI, Elon Musk's artificial-intelligence company. In September 2026, The Washington Post reported that Katie Miller had made repeated social-media posts criticizing rival chatbots without disclosing a financial interest in xAI in those posts. The paper placed the holding's value above $1 million, based on the available disclosure. The public record establishes the reported holding and posts; it does not by itself establish improper government procurement or a violation of criminal law. [9] [10]

The federal disclosure entries include recusal language: Stephen Miller said he had been recused from official matters concerning his spouse's employment and the identified xAI interest. Reporting quoted Katie Miller as saying her comments reflected genuine views; The Washington Post reported that the Federal Trade Commission chairman did not identify a violation of laws enforced by his agency. Those responses are part of the record and should accompany the criticism rather than be omitted. [9] [10] [12]

The Washington Post also reported in November 2026 that some companies tried to approach the White House through Katie Miller, with mixed responses from people familiar with those contacts. That is attributed access reporting, not evidence that particular decisions were bought, granted or directed by her. A documented financial interest and a communication channel are leads for examining specific decisions; they are not substitutes for those decision records. [12]

Documented relationships and the historical narrative

Katie Miller's documented network includes Stephen Miller (spouse and a separate White House policymaker), Elon Musk (DOGE-era communications and later private work), DOGE (special-government-employee communications role), Donald Trump (service in his administrations), the vice president's office under Mike Pence, and federal press positions at DHS. Her podcast provided a recorded interview connection to JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy. Her xAI stake is separately documented through the financial disclosure. [2] [4] [5] [6] [8] [9] [11]

These are relationships of different kinds: marriage, direct employment, a temporary government assignment, private-sector communications, formal advisory appointment, investment and media interviews. They should remain separately dated and classified when viewed on the site's relationship map. The relevant historical chapters can be reached through Stephen Miller's documented role in Trump's administration and through the federal personnel and DOGE investigations, without implying Katie wrote those chapters or exercised Stephen's formal powers. [6] [10] [12]

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Connections to The Story

Katie Miller is connected to the historical narrative through her spouse Stephen Miller, the administration's personnel and communications operations, and the DOGE/White House branch. Her own biography records those links without attributing his policy authority to her.

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