Donald Trump hugs his youngest son Barron with wife Melania stand near at the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016. The GOP ends their convention tonight with Donald Trump accepting the Republican nomination for president of the United States. File Photo by Molly Riley/UPI | License Photo

Republican candidate Donald Trump points out something in the distance to his wife Melania and son Barron after the balloon drop culminating the final day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

Republican candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence are joined by their families as they face the delegates after the balloon drop culminating the final day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Donald Trump's wife Melania and their 10-year-old son Barron will stay in New York after Trump moves to Washington, D.C., in January to serve as U.S. president.

The New York Post was the first to report the news Sunday.


People magazine later confirmed the story with its own sources, saying the family may live together at the White House during summer vacations, but Barron's parents want him to be able to continue studying at his exclusive prep school in Manhattan the rest of the year.

"Melania is extremely close to Barron, and they have become closer during the campaign," a source connected to Trump's transition team told the Post. "The campaign has been difficult for Barron, and she is really hoping to keep disruption to a minimum."

"Melania is very supportive of her husband and is fully on board of doing everything that's needed as first lady," a second insider said to the newspaper.

Trump has an adult daughter Ivanka, and two sons Donald Jr. and Eric, with his first wife, Ivana; and another grown daughter, Tiffany, with his second, former spouse, Marla Maples.

Trump married Melania in 2005.