Nalin Haley

Nalin Haley was born on September 6, 2001^[1] to Nikki Haley (née Randhawa) and Michael Haley.^[2] He is the younger of two children.^[2] His mother entered politics while Haley was a child, and was elected Governor of South Carolina in 2010 as a Republican.^[3] Haley expressed that he felt confusion as a child over religion, with his maternal grandparents being Sikh and his parents Christians, with the desire to reach an answer on this issue leading the young Haley to read about a number of religions.^{[citation needed]} On Palm Sunday in 2025, Haley was confirmed into the Catholic Church in a South Carolina parish.^[4] Haley attended high school in New York amidst his mother's tenure as ambassador to the United Nations,^[5] and studied at Villanova University, a Catholic university in Pennsylvania, majoring in political science.^[6]

During Nikki Haley's 2024 presidential run, Nalin campaigned alongside her, referring to Tim Scott, a South Carolina senator and Donald Trump surrogate, as "Senator Judas" at a campaign stop in Gilbert, South Carolina.^[7] Haley also expressed criticisms of Vivek Ramaswamy and Sunny Hostin, both of whom had spoken negatively about Nikki Haley.^[7][8]