Nicholas Luna is an American political aide who has served as the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States since 2026. Luna served as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation from 2025 to 2026 and as the director of Oval Office Operations from 2020 to 2021.
In February 2019, Luna was named as deputy assistant to the president for operations and a personal aide to the president. He was named as the director of Oval Office Operations in April. Luna remained with Trump after the January 6 Capitol attack and worked for CIC Ventures. In January 2025, Trump named Luna as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation.
Early life and education Nicholas Francisco Luna was born July 15, 1987. He attended Vanderbilt University from 2007 to 2010, graduating with a BASc in political science and government.
Political aide in first Trump administration (2019–2021) In February 2019, Luna was named as a personal aide to the president. As a personal aide, he was photographed carrying printed materials, including newspapers, for Donald Trump. Luna was named as director of Oval Office Operations in April. By February 2019, Luna was dating Cassidy Dumbauld, an assistant to Jared Kushner; they married in September 2020. Bloomberg News reported the following month that Luna had contracted COVID-19. Luna remained in the White House following the January 6 Capitol attack.
Luna was present in the Oval Office when Trump pressured vice president Mike Pence to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election. He was later subpoenaed in November 2021, by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, in an effort by the panel to document Trump's actions on the day of the attack.
Work outside of government (2021–2024) In December 2020, Luna was named as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council alongside Andrew Giuliani and Mitch Webber. He was named as a co-director of CIC Ventures alongside John Marion, a Trump lawyer, in 2021; in an interview with The New York Times, Luna stated that he had not been involved in the company in over a year by December 2022.
In June 2024, amid the 2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, the Trump presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee named Luna their director of VP operations.
Second Trump administration White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation (2025–2026) On January 4, 2025, Trump named Luna as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation.
Chief of Staff to the Vice President (2026–present) In June 2026, Punchbowl News reported that Luna had been named to serve as the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, succeeding Jacob Reses. He was appointed to the position the following month.
Personal life In 2020, Luna married Cassidy Dumbauld.
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