Meet Marco Rubio's son Anthony Rubio: a running back for the University of Florida Gators, he made headlines with his first collegiate touchdown during the Gasparilla Bowl
Marco Rubio lost his presidential campaign and joined Donald Trump's cabinet as secretary of state, the now controversial figure played college football and dreamed of the NFL.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks onstage in May 2023 as his family, including son Anthony Rubio, look on. Photo: @anthony_rub1o/Instagram
While a career in American football didn't pan out for Rubio, his elder son and third child Anthony may come closer to making his father's dreams come true as a running back with the University of Florida Gators.
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He has three siblings
Marco and Jeanette Rubio have two daughters, Amanda and Daniella, and two sons, Anthony and Dominick. Photo: @jeanettedrubio/Instagram
Anthony Rubio was born in Miami, Florida, to Marco and
Jeanette Rubio . The couple met when Jeanette was 17 years old and Rubio was a 19-year-old university student. After eight years of dating, they married in 1998 in Coral Gables, Florida.
Aside from Anthony, Rubio and Jeanette also share daughters Amanda and Daniella, and son Dominick.
Anthony attended Belen Jesuit, an all-boys private Catholic preparatory school in Miami.
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