Pete Hegseth is no stranger to life in the public eye, but since his nomination as U.S. Secretary of Defense, he has faced criticism over his past. In late 2024, The New York Times published an ...

"They won't stop with Pete. It's not him they're after. It's your values. We won't back down," Rauchet Hegseth wrote on Instagram. Hegseth married his first wife, Meredith Schwarz, in 2004.