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GInger Gaetz beams as she stands next to her husband in loved-up photos compiled on her Instagram page.

The 30-year-old wife of former Florida congressman and Donald Trump’s original pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, proudly describes herself as his “wife” in her profile bio.

Her supportive messages about the 42-year-old Gaetz indicated her intention to assist him in his battle against resurfaced sexual allegations from his past.

And now she has indicated she will continue to support him after he announced he was withdrawing from the process to become Trump’s next attorney general.

“It is clear that my appointment unfairly became a distraction from the critical work of the Trump/Vance transition,” Gaetz wrote in a post on X on Thursday.

“The end of an era,” Ginger quickly posted on Instagram, minutes after her husband’s announcement.

She shared a photo of the couple walking up the steps of the Capitol holding hands, adding: “Nobody loves America more than this man.”

Just three days ago, Ginger had asked her followers, “Who else is excited for January?” with a throwback photo from 2020 with Gaetz at a White House event.

And last week, as the backlash against Gaetz began to mount, Ginger wrote, “Attorney General will look great on you, my love.”

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While the vast majority of her followers posted supportive messages, she ignored one comment. “Him behind bars will be better,” someone replied.

Before resigning from Congress following Trump’s nomination to head the Justice Department, Ginger wrote that Florida’s 1st Congressional District is “truly blessed to have you represent us.”

“Congratulations to the sweetest, hardest working and most talented man in the world,” she raved.

Once again with Gaetz on the steps of the Capitol, she said, “Happiest by your side.”

Two days after Gaetz was nominated by Trump, Ginger posted the message “Strong men create good times” on her X profile, accompanied by a photo of her husband with right-wing Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk and Argentine President Javier Milei.

The storm that engulfed Gaetz is not the first time Ginger — the sister of Republican donor and entrepreneur Palmer Luckey — has endorsed him.

The couple first met at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in early 2020, when she was 26.

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The next night, he reportedly took her to a birthday party for Donald Trump Jr.’s then-girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle.

After a whirlwind eight-month romance, Gaetz, then 38, popped the question at Mar-a-Lago in December 2020, the Daily mail reported. “It didn’t come as a surprise, I kind of saw it coming,” Ginger told the newspaper at the time.

At the same time, the Justice Department was investigating Gaetz for allegations of sex trafficking of a minor. No criminal charges have been filed against him and he has repeatedly denied the allegations.

The investigation was opened in Trump’s final months in office under Attorney General Bill Barrthe New York Times reported at the time, and it bubbled away until the DOJ put a stop to it last year. The House Ethics Committee also conducted a separate investigation into the allegations, including an allegation that Gaetz had sex with a minor, which he vehemently denies.

Apparently undeterred by the accusations, Ginger accepted Gaetz’s proposal and they married in a small ceremony in Southern California in 2021.

Ginger, a former Harvard Business School student, said she worked as a food analyst during her time the mail she could work remotely to follow her husband wherever he went. “I’m his travel buddy,” she said.

Since they married, her social media profile has become a celebration of her husband’s political career and shows her hanging out with some of Trump’s most outspoken allies.

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Elon Musk labeled her ‘cool’ for a video of her singing the song Star spangled banner over the Capitol Rotunda.

Last summer, she appeared on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast to criticize the issue Barbie film for “completely missing an opportunity,” saying it was “anything but female empowerment.”

She is also often pictured with MAGA rabble-rouser Lauren Boebert, known for her controversial shots and comments, including glowing comments about the QAnon conspiracy theory.

As some of the most damning alleged evidence against Gaetz is made public, Ginger remains his biggest cheerleader.

One of the latest is a leaked document from the Justice Department investigation, which alleges a web of payments took place between the former congressman and friends and associates who allegedly joined him at drug-fueled sex parties.

He strongly denies the allegations. “This deliberate leak of classified research material is the kind of politicized DOJ weaponization that Matt Gaetz will put an end to,” Trump communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement before Gaetz announced his withdrawal.

“The Department of Justice investigated Gaetz for years but failed to find any wrongdoing and is now leaking material containing false information to smear the next attorney general.”

On Wednesday, the House Ethics Committee was deadlocked over whether to release its report to Gaetz.

“There was no consensus on this issue,” said Democratic Representative Susan Wild, adding that the committee will meet again on December 5.