In September 2021, Buttigieg and Chasten announced the birth of their twins, Penelope Rose and Joseph August.
Pete tweeted the news with a picture of himself, Chasten, and their tiny infants.
“We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family.”

The month before, they announced that they were about tobecome parents.
Pete explained their costumes during a Sunday morning appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“They’re infrastructure.

Basically they’re going to be going as infrastructure.”
“Happy Halloween from these #twinfrastructure safety advocates!
“As you’ve got the option to see, we’re spending this Halloween in the hospital.
Gus has been having a rough go of it but we’re headed in the right direction.
We’re wishing Gus a speedy recovery from whatever is ailing him.