Published 9/3/2008
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Fiance of vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter headed to St. Paul, his mother says. By Jocelyn Vena
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin with her daughter, Bristol
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Levi Johnston , the boyfriend of Governor Sarah Palin's pregnant 17-year-old daughter Bristol, will reportedly attend the Republican National Convention in St.Paul, Minnesota, according to The Associated Press.
The 18-year-old's mother, Sherry Johnston, said that Levi left Alaska on Tuesday morning to join the Palin family at the convention, where the first-term governor will be speaking Wednesday night (September 3) as the vice-presidential running mate of Senator John McCain .
Johnston admitted that she is nervous about the pressure the media scrutiny will put on her son, as planning to be a teenage father is difficult enough without the whole world watching. She added, however, that the couple had been planning to get married before they ...
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