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Nalin Haley (born 2001) is a United States political activist and the son of Nikki Haley. A graduate of Villanova University, Haley has gained attention for his political activities, including campaigning for his mother during the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, and expressing support for right-wing beliefs on social media.
Nalin Haley was born in 2001 to Nikki Haley (née Randhawa) and Michael Haley.[1] He is the youngest of two children.[1] His mother entered politics while Haley was a child, and was elected Governor of South Carolina in 2010 as a Republican.[2] Haley expressed that he felt confusion as a child over religion, with his maternal grandparents being Sikh and his parents Protestant, with the desire to reach an answer on this issue leading the young Haley to read about a number of religions.[2] On Palm Sunday in 2025, Haley was confirmed into the Catholic Church in a South Carolina parish.[3] Haley attended high school in New York amidst his mother’s tenure as ambassador to the United Nations,[4] and studied at Villanova University, a Catholic university in Philadelphia, majoring in political science.[2][5]
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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.[6] Haley also expressed criticisms of Vivek Ramaswamy and Sunny Hostin, both of whom had spoken negatively about Nikki Haley.[6][7] Haley later stated that his support for his mother during the Republican primaries owed mainly to wanting to be a “good son”.[2]
Following the 2024 United States presidential election, Haley became increasingly vocal in expressing his beliefs on social media, advocating against immigration (both legal and illegal) and foreign aid.[2] He has called for the deportation and denaturalisation of Mehdi Hasan, a British American progressive commentator, arguing that Hasan and those who “hate America” should leave the country.[2] Sohrab Ahmari in UnHerd has described Haley’s political views as on the right-wing and sharply differing from that of his mother’s.[2]
Haley is currently employed in the finance industry, and works in the Charlotte metropolitan area.[2]
- ^ a b Lakritz, Talia (February 21, 2024). “Nikki Haley called Donald Trump’s comments about her husband’s military service ‘disgusting.’ Meet the Haley family”. Business Insider. Archived from the original on November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ahmari, Sohrab (November 8, 2025). “Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical”. UnHerd. Archived from the original on November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ Elhabbal, Madalaine (April 14, 2025). “Nikki Haley’s son, Nalin, becomes Catholic”. Catholic News Agency. Archived from the original on November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ McCusker, Cate (February 22, 2023). “A Conversation with the Son of Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley”. The Villanovan. Archived from the original on November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ Fiorillo, Victor (February 22, 2024). “Meet Nikki Haley’s Insult-Hurling Villanova Son”. Philadelphia. Archived from the original on November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ a b Huynh, Anjali (February 15, 2024). “One Haley Who Isn’t Afraid to Let Insults Fly”. The New York Times. Summerville, South Carolina. Archived from the original on November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ Ramaswamy, Swapna Venugopal (February 22, 2024). “Nalin Haley is his mother’s defender-in-chief. Mock her at your own peril”. USA Today. Archived from the original on November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
