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... despite his family's millionaire connections
Gavin Newsom has been trolled online for attempting to portray his childhood as financially fraught in a new memoir, despite having family connections with powerful politicians and billionaire oil magnates.
Instead of politics, the California Governor's 2026 book focuses on the struggles of his parents' divorce, growing up with dyslexia, and working as a paper boy, according to the New York Times which received an advance copy of the autobiography.
The likely Democratic contender for the next presidential election spent his childhood surrounded by some of the most powerful families in California, who backed his early business ventures and greased the wheels of his political ascent.
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Gavin Newsom mocked for self-pitying memoir despite family connections
Instead of politics, the California Governor's 2026 book focuses on the struggles of his parents' divorce, growing up with dyslexia, and working as a paper boy.