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Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsome Despite his close ties to the Getty family, one of the world’s most famous and wealthy families, he once again faced backlash for describing his childhood as one of financial hardship.
“People think Newsom comes from money. He doesn’t. Access, yes. Privilege, yes. Money, no. The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing with wealth,” Published profile Vogue Sunday also previewed Newsom’s upcoming memoir. “After his parents divorced, his father did not appear to provide much financial support. Tessa Newsom (née Menzies) struggled to keep the family afloat.”
“Young Gavin also joined in, finding a newspaper route and a job as a waiter. They adopted children because the government stipends helped pay the rent. Meanwhile, there were the Gettys,” Vogue continues, before describing the Newsomes’ ties to the powerful Getty family, an American dynasty built on oil.
Newsome’s memoir, “A Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” is scheduled to be published on February 24. Vogue published a lengthy profile of him on Sunday, featuring images by famed portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz. Newsom, widely seen as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, will leave office in 2027 as California’s term-limited president Governor.
California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to release an upcoming memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” on February 24, 2026. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The Vogue article begins with the prominent Democrat and longtime political foe of the president saying, “Let’s get this straight: Embarrassingly handsome, with silver-plated hair, he took his prominence in stride as he delivered his final State of the Union address.” Donald Trump.
Conservative critics have criticized Newsom’s attempts to portray himself as having a difficult childhood, when Gordon Getty, the son of oil tycoon Paul Getty, took Gavin Newsom and his sister Hillary on vacations in Kenya or Canada when his father was the Getty family’s “consigliere,” or trusted advisor.
Newsom’s family ties to the Getty family have long spanned his career, including when Gordon Getty helped finance Newsom’s PlumpJack Group, a hospitality company that includes Northern California wineries.
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PlumpJack Winery executives Gordon Getty (left) and Gavin Newsom use screw caps to seal bottles in 2001. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Gordon “Getty, the billionaire heir to J. Paul Getty’s oil fortune, once invited Gavin and his sister Hillary to join the Getty family on vacations to whale watch in Canada and elephant watching in Kenya,” The New Yorker magazine reported in 2004.
The profile documents that Newsom’s father, Bill, was a close friend of Gordon Getty. Bill Newsom served as the Getty family’s attorney and was the attorney responsible for dispatching the Getty family. Italy In 1973, he rescued the kidnapped John Paul Getty III with a ransom.
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According to a 2004 profile, Bill Newsom became friends with Gordon Getty and his brother Paul Getty when they were young students attending St. Ignatius, a Catholic prep school in San Francisco.
“I consider Gavin a son,” Getty told The New Yorker at the time.
California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to publish an upcoming memoir, and Vogue magazine has published a profile of him ahead of publication. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Conservatives have reflected Newsom’s close ties to the Getty family in their criticism of the governor.
“This whole thing is a joke,” Steve Hilton, who is running as a Republican for California governor, said of the brief, according to The Washington Post. new york post. “There is no better example of elite privilege than Gavin Newsom. Look at his family and his relationships, which go back generations. In any other country, you would call it an aristocracy.”
“You really can’t make this up,” conservative columnist Gavin Newsom said in a new profile in Vogue. Byron York Post to X before quoting Vogue. “Let’s get this out of the way: He was embarrassingly handsome, with silver-plated hair, comfortable with his prominence… lithe, warm, energetic, with an optimistic twinkle in his eye; Kennedy-esque. Add to that his charming wife and four adorable children, and the executive air of a self-made millionaire.”
In 2004, Judge William Newsom and his son, Mayor Gavin Newsom, were both honored at the American Ireland Fund’s 20th anniversary event. (Deanne Fitzmaurice/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Another critic said: “Gavin Newsom thinks a sign of poverty is not being able to afford Wonder Bread. He’s so out of touch that he doesn’t even know how to pretend to be poor.” Post to X.
“A governor who has spent years shaping the state’s image is now releasing a memoir about his ordeal, the kind of self-portrait that only the political celebrity class can take seriously, and the backlash suggests voters are tired of being peddled by a man who has never lived through the struggle.” another posted.
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Newsom has previously faced criticism from conservatives that he faced financial hardship during his childhood after his parents divorced when he was two, including in 2025 when he said his mother was “broke and just working two-and-a-half jobs” to make ends meet for him and his sister.
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“It’s also about paying the bills, man. It’s like a hustle, so I’m out there, pumping myself up, turning on the TV, and just obsessing. I’m sitting there with my Wonder Bread,” Newsom said on the “All the Smoke” podcast.
Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom’s office for comment Monday but did not immediately receive a response.
