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Department of Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten Buttigieg are going to parents. The two announced on social media that they will be adopting a newborn via a surrogate.

The former South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate was selected by President Joe Biden to lead the Transportation Department. He is the first LGBTQ nominee to lead a White House Cabinet.

For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family. We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents! The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can’t wait to share more soon.

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) August 17, 2021

“For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family. We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents!” the former presidential candidate wrote on Twitter. “The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can’t wait to share more soon.”

Buttigieg and his husband, an author and former teacher, have been married since 2018. The couple put their South Bend, Indiana, home on the market earlier this year, and, according to The Washington Post, they now live in a one-bedroom apartment in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood with their dogs. 

Buttigieg, who served as mayor of South Bend from 2012 to 2019, made history earlier this year as the first openly gay Cabinet member to be confirmed by the Senate. Last year, after narrowly winning the Iowa caucuses, he became the first gay presidential candidate to win a primary contest. At 39, Buttigieg is also the youngest person to lead the Department of Transportation.

“The great thing about public service is that you have an opportunity to deliver,” Buttigieg told NBC News in February. “If you do a good job, nobody cares how old you are, nobody cares if you’re gay, nobody cares about anything in your life so much as you’re making their lives better.”