Candidates for powerful elected offices face all kinds of questions, but as a rule, there’s no reason to ask, “Exactly many children do you actually have?”
With Herschel Walker, however, it’s become unexpectedly relevant.
As of a few days ago, the public knew that the Georgia Republican had an adult son, Christian Walker, who maintains a relatively notable public profile through social media, and who the U.S. Senate candidate frequently mentions. On Tuesday night, Walker’s family grew a little more: The Daily Beast reported on “secret son” whom Walker hadn’t publicly acknowledged, and who “has apparently been estranged from his biological father since his birth a decade ago.”
The Republican acknowledged the accuracy of the report. His campaign’s statement specifically said that Walker “had a child years ago when he wasn’t married.” The statement went on to dismiss the idea that “Herschel is ‘hiding’ the child.”
As it turns out, the use of the phrases “a child” and “the child” apparently understated the case. The Daily Beast published a follow-up report this morning.
A day after The Daily Beast broke the news that Herschel Walker had a secret 10-year-old son he fathered out of wedlock, the football star-turned-politician confirmed late Wednesday night that he has yet another son with a different woman that the public doesn’t know about — as well as a daughter that he had in college.
In a statement, the Republican acknowledged his children and said he disclosed their existence in 2018 paperwork when he was appointed to a White House fitness council. That’s apparently true.
By all appearances, however, Walker did not share this information with the public. Indeed, it was literally two days ago when his campaign team suggested he only had one out-of-wedlock child, instead of three.








