All about Tim Walz’s wife Gwen Walz and 2 kids Hope and Gus Walz: Meet the VP pick’s family [Video]

CHICAGO — The selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’ vice presidential running mate put the Midwesterner in the national spotlight.

The spotlight on Walz, 60, is also on his wife and two children, who have spent the past six years as the first family of Minnesota.

Walz’s two children, Gus and Hope, had some fun in the spotlight Monday when they held up bunny ears behind their dad’s head during an interview at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The moment went viral on social media, and was acknowledged by Walz himself, who reposted the clip on X and wrote, “My kids keep me humble.”

Here are four things to know about Walz’s wife, Gwen, and their kids, Gus and Hope.

1. Tim and Gwen Walz met as high school teachers

Gwen Walz, whose maiden name is Whipple, is a Minnesotan native whose parents were also educators, according to …