{"id":40578,"date":"2026-04-04T04:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40578"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:13:06","slug":"michigan-congresswoman-hillary-scholten-reveals-husband-suddenly-left-family-earlier-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40578","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Congresswoman Hillary Scholten reveals husband &#8216;suddenly&#8217; left family earlier this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Democratic congresswoman in Michigan revealed Friday that her husband \u201csuddenly\u201d left their family and filed for divorce this year after two decades of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>House Rep. Hillary Scholten made the personal disclosure on her X account, claiming she wanted to\u00a0be \u201cup front\u201d with her constituents about the breakup with spouse Jesse Holcomb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to share something personal,\u201d the mother of two wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier this year, our family went through a heartbreaking change when my husband of 20 years suddenly left our family home and then filed for divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38988645\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>House Rep. Hillary Scholten. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She credited family, friends and her faith for helping her raise her boys \u201cwith strength, love, and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe have been overcoming every day,\u201d Scholten, a Grand Rapids Dem, stated.<\/p>\n<p>Court records reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/03\/grand-rapids-michigan-congresswoman-hillary-scholten-husband-jesse-holcomb-getting-a-divorce\/89457626007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by the Detroit News<\/a> indicate that Holcomb filed for divorce on Jan. 26 in Kent County Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>An email seeking comment from Holcomb, who is a journalism professor, was not immediately returned.<\/p>\n<p>Scholten, 44, has shared numerous photos of the now-former couple on her Instagram page, including in a Christmas greeting with the entire family last December.<\/p>\n<p>The official biography on her congressional page now only mentions her raising her two sons and taking care of the family dog.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38988646\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.08789954;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38988646\" width=\"642\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?w=953\" alt=\"A family with two children and a golden retriever sits in front of a fireplace.\" class=\"wp-image-38988646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 953w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=300,276&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=768,706&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=600,552&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=641,589&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 641w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=540,496&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 540w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=576,529&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 576w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=440,404&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 440w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=307,282&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 307w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=180,165&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 180w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=77,71&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 77w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=76,70&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=44,40&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 44w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=59,54&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 59w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=200,184&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=231,212&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=322,296&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=480,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 480w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=65,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 65w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=87,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=63,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 63w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=170,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 170w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=50,46&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/https-www-instagram-com-p-124978253.jpg?resize=150,138&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/><figcaption>Scholten and her former spouse were all smiles in a December 2025 Christmas greeting.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/repscholten<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lawmaker, who is up for reelection this year, also insisted that despite the heartbreak, she\u2019s passed legislation and is dedicated to her constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Scholten also stressed she\u2019s \u201cgrown an extra chamber in my heart for moms and dads out there who have had to go through this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI honor your work and, and I am fighting for you,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt goes without saying that this a deeply personal matter. But you put me in a position of trust, and I want to be up front with you about a big change in my life,\u201d Scholten wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/03\/us-news\/michigan-congresswoman-hillary-scholten-reveals-husband-suddenly-left-family-earlier-this-year\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democratic congresswoman in Michigan revealed Friday that her husband \u201csuddenly\u201d left their family and filed for divorce this year after two decades of marriage. House&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}