Max Miller | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's7th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Gibbs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Max Leonard Miller (1988-11-13)November 13, 1988 (age 37) Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Sam Miller (grandfather) Aaron David Miller (uncle) Bernie Moreno (ex-father-in-law) |
| Education | University of Arizona (attended) Cleveland State University (BA) |
| Website | House website Campaign website |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 2013–2019 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
Max Leonard Miller (born November 13, 1988)[1] is an American politician who has served as theU.S. representative forOhio's 7th congressional district since 2023. A member of theRepublican Party, he previously served as apolitical appointee in thefirst Trump administration.
Miller is the grandson ofSamuel H. Miller, the former co-chair emeritus ofForest City Realty Trust, and son of Abe and Barb Miller.[2] His grandmother, Ruth Miller, was a candidate forOhio's 22nd congressional district in 1980. His uncle isAaron David Miller, a scholar of Middle East studies.[3]
Miller grew up inNortheast Ohio and graduated fromShaker Heights High School in 2007. He is Jewish.[4][5] He attended theUniversity of Arizona before transferring toCleveland State University, from which he received his bachelor's degree in 2013.[6]
Miller worked at aLululemon store in Ohio before joining theMarine Reserve in 2013. He was acorporal and made no deployments. In 2019, he was transferred from theSelected Marine Corps Reserve to theIndividual Ready Reserve.[6]
After initially working forMarco Rubio'scampaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination,[6] Miller left the campaign in February 2016 and joined Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. After working as a Trump campaign aide, Miller became apolitical appointee in theTrump administration.[5] He was a confidential assistant in theUnited States Department of the Treasury in 2017, then a lead advance representative in theWhite House Office,[6][7][8] and then associate director of thePresidential Personnel Office andspecial assistant to the president.[5][6] In June 2020, Miller was among the aides who accompanied Trump on hisphoto op at St. John's Church; a month later, he was appointed "deputy campaign manager for presidential operations" onTrump's reelection campaign.[6] A favorite of Trump, Miller praised him as "the greatest POTUS this country has ever had."[6] He helped organize the2020 Republican convention, and was a Trump negotiator for thepresidential debates.[6]
In 2018, Miller was one of several Trump administration officials scrutinized for their inexperience and lack of qualifications.[5] Miller'sLinkedIn page falsely claimed that he was aMarine recruiter and that he had graduated from college in 2011 rather than in 2013.[5][6] AfterThe Washington Post raised questions about his biography, Miller removed the claims and called them mistakes made by a relative, who he said made the LinkedIn page on his behalf.[5][6]
Miller was appointed to the Holocaust Memorial Council by President Trump in December 2020.[9]
In 2020 and 2021, Miller promotedTrump's false claim that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged".[10] In June 2021, referring to apro-Trump mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Miller toldThe Washington Times, "What happened on January 6 was not aninsurrection."[10] In 2021, Trump appointed Miller to be one of 55 members of the board of trustees for theUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum, an unpaid, part-time position.[10][11] In mid-December 2021, Miller was one of six people theJanuary 6 committee subpoenaed to produce documents relating to the rally preceding the Capitol attack and deposed in January 2022.[12]
In February 2021, Miller launched a campaign for Congress in the redrawn 7th district. The district had previously been the 16th, represented by two-term RepublicanAnthony Gonzalez. Miller was initially set to face Gonzalez in the Republicanprimary, but Gonzalez announced in September 2021 that he would not seek reelection to a third term, denouncing Trump as a "cancer for the country" and citing the likelihood of a "brutally hard primary" against Miller, family considerations, and a wave of threats against him.[13][14] Miller ran after Gonzalezvoted to impeach Trump forincitement of insurrection, arising from theJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack.[15][16] Miller moved back to Ohio, purchasing a home inRocky River, in order to challenge Gonzalez.[17]
In June 2021, in his first rally since the January 6 attack, Trump appeared inWellington, Ohio, with Miller; he praised Miller in a 90-minute rally in which he addressed many topics, including his falsehoods about the 2020 election.[18]
Miller won the May 3 Republican primary for Ohio's 7th congressional district with 71.8% of the vote.[19]
After announcing his candidacy, Miller was endorsed by Trump and theClub for Growth.[20][21][22] He also received support fromOhio Right to Life,[23] andCongressman Jim Banks. He defeated Democratic nominee Matthew Diemer in the November 8 general election.[24][25]
As of 2024, Miller andDavid Kustoff are the only Jewish members of the Republican Party in Congress.[26]Miller was elected by other incoming Republicans to represent them on the steering committee, which determines what committees members sit on.[27]
On January 31, 2023, Miller introduced a resolution to remove Minnesota representativeIlhan Omar from theForeign Affairs Committee. The resolution passed two days later.[28]
On November 30, 2023, Miller senta letter to his congressional colleagues supporting the expulsion ofGeorge Santos, alleging that Santos defrauded him and his mother by making charges to their personal credit cards without approval "for [campaign] contribution amounts that exceededFEC limits." Miller said that this situation had cost him "tens of thousands of dollars" in legal fees.[29] Miller brought these accusations directly to Santos in House session, calling him a "crook"; in response Santos accused Miller of hypocrisy anddomestic violence.[30]
After theOctober 7, 2023, attack byHamas in southernIsrael, Miller criticizedRashida Tlaib for displaying aPalestinian flag outside her office, saying: "I don't even want to call it the Palestinian flag because they're not a state, they're a territory, that's about to probably get eviscerated and go away here shortly, as we're going to turn that into a parking lot."[31][32] Miller further stated there should be no "rules of engagement" in theIsraeli assault on Gaza.[33]
In January 2024, Miller was appointed to the Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State.[34][35]
In May 2024, Miller co-sponsored a bill to extend US military benefits to American citizens in theIsrael Defense Forces, includingServicemembers Civil Relief Act andUniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994.[36]
Miller isJewish.[4] He was accused of espousinganti-Christian sentiment in 2023 after he attacked Elizabeth Marbach, the communications director ofOhio Right to Life for a religious-based tweet, stating "This is one of the most bigoted tweets I have ever seen."[39] Marbach was fired shortly thereafter, and it was later revealed Miller's then-wife was on the board of directors of the organization, which led to some suggesting she may have had a role in Marbach's firing, although the organization denied it.[40] After being fired, Marbach was defended byMinnesota Democratic congresswomanIlhan Omar.[41] Miller later publicly apologized for his remarks.[42]
Miller dated Trump White House aideStephanie Grisham from 2019 to 2020.[6] In October 2021, Grisham said that Miller had been physically abusive to her, cheated on her, and lied to her. Miller filed adefamation lawsuit against her.[43] He voluntarily dismissed the case with prejudice in August 2023.[44]
Miller became engaged in 2021 to Emily Moreno, daughter of SenatorBernie Moreno.[6] They married in August 2022 at theTrump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. The couple has a daughter who was born in November 2023. In August 2024, on the couple's second wedding anniversary, Miller filed for divorce.[45][46]
Miller pleadedno contest to two misdemeanor charges in 2007 after being charged with assault, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest; the charges were later dismissed as part of adiversion program.[5]
In 2009, he was charged with underage drinking; after he pleaded no contest, that charge was dismissed under a first-time offenders' program.[5][6]
In 2010, Miller pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct stemming from a late-night physical altercation inCleveland Heights, Ohio.[5][6]
In 2011, he was charged with "operating a vehicle without reasonable control" andoperating a vehicle impaired (OVI) after crashing hisJeep Grand Cherokee, and told officers that he had had "two to three beers and several shots" the night before and "woke up in urine-soaked pants".[6] Miller pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and failure to control.[6] In 2018 and 2021, he called the events "youthful mistakes".[5]
In June 2025, Miller reported being the target of anantisemitic threat androad rage incident while driving to work. According to a 911 call, Miller claimed that a man in another vehicle displayed aPalestinian flag, threatened to kill him and his daughter, and used antisemitic slurs. Miller, who is Jewish, filed a complaint with police, and a 36-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with aggravated menacing. TheU.S. Capitol Police worked with local law enforcement to investigate. Congressional leaders condemned the incident as an example of rising political violence.[47][48][49][50]
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 7th congressional district 2023–present | Incumbent |
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