On June 28, a day after he claimed God delivered him from his legal woes during a speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference in Washington, D.C., Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went viral on social media when The Lincoln Project posted footage of him with a woman who appeared to be Tracy Duhon, a 58-year-old Louisiana-based author and Christian influencer.

“Hey [Paxton] that’s not your wife,” the anti-Trump Republican group wrote along with the video, the origin of which has not been determined, according to Snopes. The clip reportedly depicts them at Washington Dulles International Airport on their way to Iceland.

Hey @KenPaxtonTX that’s not your wife pic.twitter.com/FS0YVC0Gkm

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2026

Footage published earlier this week by The Daily Mail also showed the Trump-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate “gallivanting around Europe” with Duhon over the Fourth of July weekend, when they were seen walking arm-in-arm in London while apparently dressed for a special occasion.

The trip prompted criticism from Paxton’s opponent, Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico, who accused him of taking “lavish vacations in Iceland while Texans can’t afford the basics,” according to The San Antonio Observer.

Here are three things to know about Paxton’s reported companion, Tracy Duhon.

1. Alleged Affair With Paxton Began in 2024

Duhon first emerged in the national political conversation during the contentious U.S. Senate primary campaign last fall.

A September 2025 Daily Mail report, based on anonymous sources, claimed Duhon’s relationship with Paxton began after the two met at the Kentucky Derby in 2024 and contributed to the collapse of both her long marriage to Troy Duhon and Paxton’s 38-year marriage to Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton.

Citing “multiple” sources who were allegedly familiar with the relationship, the Daily Mail reported Paxton and Duhon had taken overseas trips together.

A spokesperson for Paxton dismissed the initial Daily Mail story in a statement to The Christian Post last September, calling the British outlet a “trash blog,” though without specifically disputing its allegations.

Angela, who reportedly reached a breaking point with her husband after his 2023 impeachment trial in the Texas House focused on allegations of an earlier affair with a woman named Laura Olsen, announced in an X post last July that she was filing for divorce from him “on biblical grounds.”

“I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation. But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage,” she said at the time.

2. Christian Influencer and Author Shaped By Tragedy

Tracy Duhon, who shares faith-based messages of hope and trusting God amid challenges on her Instagram account, wrote the 2024 book When Hope is All You Have: Learning to Live Again After the Unthinkable, which draws from her real-life story of faith amid grief and loss.

Central to her story is what she described as the excruciating pain of losing three children, including one miscarriage and two infant boys who were born with a fatal congenital condition and died shortly after birth from separate pregnancies.

“When life shifts in ways that can’t be undone, faith becomes the anchor that holds everything together,” the book’s website says. “This book walks through grief [and] uncertainty with biblical truth, gentle guidance, and the reminder that God is still present, even in the pain. Healing may not happen all at once, but step by step, purpose can be found again.”

During a 2024 appearance on “The White House Pod,” Duhon spoke more about her four other children, including her adopted daughter. She also revealed how she unexpectedly got pregnant with her youngest at 42, a month before her former husband, Troy Duhon, got a vasectomy, which she described as “quite a faith walk.”

Duhon also founded Women of Hope Unite, a mentoring network that connects more than 1,000 women to help them discover their “God-given purpose,” according to a brief profile of her on the website of Professional Women of St. Tammany Parish, which nominated her for an award. She has also led marriage retreats and spoken publicly about turning pain into purpose.

An anonymous source told The Daily Mail last year that Paxton was attracted to Duhon’s faith-based story, claiming he is “enamored with her story of overcoming adversity — she’s lost two children. He’s enamored with her faith.”

3. Nonprofit Work With Car Dealership Mogul Husband

Tracy Duhon’s former husband, Troy Duhon, is a car dealership mogul who founded the Louisiana-based Premier Automotive group, a national automotive organization operating more than 30 dealerships across the United States. She said on “The White House Pod” in 2024 that while they grew up in the same church, they met at the car dealership while she was attending beauty school.

After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, flooding four of his Premier Automotive dealerships and destroying 1,200 of his cars, Troy turned his dealership into a community relief center, according to TIME. He and his wife then started the Giving Hope nonprofit, which does work related to food pantries, orphanages and anti-trafficking.

Founder of GND Media group, Duhon also served as executive producer for several faith-based films, including the “God’s Not Dead” franchise, which includes “God’s Not Dead 2,” “God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness,” and “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust.”

Other films include “Roe v. Wade” and “The Blind,” based on Phil Robertson from “Duck Dynasty.”

During an interview filmed at the corporate office of Premier Automotive in 2020, Troy and Tracy spoke about their film work and “global ministry.”

“For us, it was a privilege and an honor that God would have chosen us,” Troy said of his decision to fund faith-based films to push back against liberal indoctrination of young people. “And I’m very thankful that I stepped out of the boat, because historically, when you think about doing something you’ve never done before — write a check for seven figures you never would have thought you’d write — it was for the right reason.”

The Daily Mail reported last year that Tracy filed for divorce from Troy in July 2024, two months after her alleged first meeting with Paxton at the Kentucky Derby. The two have reportedly since purchased a $2.1 million home in a Dallas suburb, which Paxton has listed as his official address despite still being legally married.

This article originally appeared on The Christian Post.