Marco Rubio proposed to his then-girlfriend, Jeanette Dousdebes, in 1997, at the top of the Empire State Building. After she said yes, he asked for the engagement ring right back, concerned that it might slip off her finger and fall on the way down. Only once the couple got to ground level did he return it. Jeanette entrusts her possessions to Marco to this day. “I just love that she makes her husband hold her phone,” one Washingtonian says.

Unlike many of the wives and girlfriends of the Trump administration, Jeanette Rubio has not created an exaggerated version of herself online. “Wife of Secretary Marco Rubio,” her Instagram bio reads. It links to marcorubio.com, which contains a picture of Marco and the words “Thank you!” Even in high heels, Jeanette stands several inches shorter than Marco, who is 5’9”, making him appear taller. In public, she presents herself as the Secretary of State’s wife – no more, no less.

‘Jeanette models the other, more traditional option given to wives… to be an extension of her husband’

‘Jeanette models the other, more traditional option given to wives… to be an extension of her husband’

In a Politico article from 2012, one of very few interviews Jeanette has done, she is described as a “behind-the-scenes booster married to her high-school sweetheart who has never given a speech and........

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