Jerry Grant Jr.

Fitzgerald Thomas "Jerry" Grant IV was President Fitzgerald Grant & President Mellie Grant's eldest son and Karen Grant & Teddy Grant's brother.

About

The character of Jerry Grant, Jr. (IV) was a supporting character who made his first debut appearance in the last half of the third season but after his death he was only mentioned ("referred to") in Season Four. Prior to his on screen appearances he was "mentioned" a few times in Season Two and a few in Season Three.

History

Biography

Jerry was born sometime after his father became governor of California, and is named after his grandfather. Despite wanting children, his existence was a source of pain for his mother as she was secretly raped by her father-law and unsure of Jerry's paternity. Along with his sister Karen, he attended Boarding school away D.C.

Interview

Jerry came to the White House with Karen to do a family interview. During his stay, it was revealed that he was secretly tweeting against his father under an anonymous name and was planning on wearing a Reston campaign shirt for the interview.

Death

On the night before Election Day, Jerry is suffers a massive seizure while standing behind his father during a speech. Olivia Pope later informs the press outside a hospital that Jerry has died from Bacterial Meningitis. While still at the hospital, Tom Larsen tells Fitz that a substring of the meningitis bacteria was stolen from a lab just a few days earlier; meaning that Jerry was actually murdered. Rowan also convinces Fitz that Maya Lewis is responsible. It's later revealed though that Tom was the one who poisoned Jerry under Rowan's orders as part of a plan to get Olivia to leave Fitz and re-establish B6-13. It was also confirmed through a DNA test done by Olivia's team that Fitz was in fact Jerry's biological father.

Aftermath

Jerry's death is a catalyst for his most of his family's actions in season four. After going into his second term, Fitz takes on a more liberal agenda and focuses on gun control. Mellie initially goes into a deep depression over his death, but eventually pulls herself out of it when she learns about that he was murdered and becomes a junior senator. Karen also begins acting out in school and starts partying. Which leads to her ditching her secret service detail one night and has sex with two boys. One of which films the encounter. After the video is destroyed, Karen realizes with the help of their mother that her behavior was due to the pain of losing Jerry.

Relationships

Romantic

Mackenzie Miller

Before his death, Jerry was dating Mackenzie. Whose shown to be a fellow student at his boarding school. In the episode Flesh and Blood, Mackenzie tells Jerry while they're making out in his dorm room that she wants to have sex now despite their previous agreement to wait after midterms. Mackenzie's change of mind was actually because she made a deal with Leo Bergen to get Jerry's DNA for a paternity test in exchange for admissions help into Harvard.

Gallery

Appearances

Season Two:
White Hat's Off: Absent	The Other Woman: Absent	Hunting Season: Absent	Beltway Unbuckled: Absent	All Roads Lead to Fitz: Absent	Spies Like Us: Absent	Defiance: Absent	Happy Birthday, Mr. President: (Flashback) Absent	Blown Away: Absent	One For the Dog: Absent	A Criminal, A Whore, An Idiot, and A Liar: (Flashback) Absent
Truth or Consequences: (Flashback) Absent	Nobody Likes Babies: (Flashback) Absent	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Absent	Boom Goes the Dynamite: Absent	Top of the Hour: Absent	Snake in the Garden: Mentioned	Molly, You in Danger, Girl: Absent	Seven Fifty-Two: (Flashback) Absent	A Woman Scorned: Absent	Any Questions?: Absent	White Hat's Back On: (Flashback) Absent

Season Three:
It's Handled: Absent	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: (Flashback Episode) Absent	Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington: Absent	Say Hello to My Little Friend: Absent	More Cattle, Less Bull: Absent	Icarus: (Flashback Episode) Absent	Everything's Coming Up Mellie: (Flashback Episode) Absent	Vermont is for Lovers, Too: Absent	YOLO: (Flashback Episode) Absent
A Door Marked Exit: Absent	Ride, Sally, Ride: Absent	We Do Not Touch the First Ladies: (Flashback Episode) Absent	No Sun on the Horizon: Absent	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: (Flashback Episode) Absent	Mama Said Knock You Out: Appeared	The Fluffer: Absent	Flesh and Blood: Appeared	The Price of Free and Fair Election: Appeared

Season Four:
Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia: Mentioned	The State of the Union: Mentioned	Inside the Bubble: Absent	Like Father, Like Daughter: Mentioned	The Key: Absent	An Innocent Man: Absent	Baby Made a Mess: Absent	The Last Supper: Absent	Where the Sun Don't Shine: (Winter Finale) Absent	Run: (Winter Premiere) Absent	Where's the Black Lady?: Mentioned
Gladiators Don’t Run: Absent	No More Blood: Absent	The Lawn Chair: Absent	The Testimony of Diego Muñoz: Absent	It's Good to Be Kink: Absent	Put a Ring On It: (Flashback Episode) Absent	Honor Thy Father: Absent	I'm Just a Bill: Absent	First Lady Sings the Blues: Absent	A Few Good Women: Absent	You Can't Take Command: Absent