{"id":26,"date":"2026-09-06T15:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T08:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/?p=26"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T08:39:51","slug":"steve-mcqueens-son-followed-in-his-fathers-footsteps-what-happened-years-later-is-hard-to-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Steve McQueen\u2019s Son Followed in His Father\u2019s Footsteps \u2014 What Happened Years Later Is Hard to Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"reader-estimated-time\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"readability-page-1\" class=\"page\">\n<div id=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-6213\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Steve McQueen wasn\u2019t simply one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest stars \u2014 his passion for\u00a0<strong>cars and motorcycles<\/strong>\u00a0was almost as famous as his movies.<\/p>\n<p>His son,\u00a0<strong>Chad McQueen<\/strong>, inherited both worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1960 to Steve McQueen and actress Neile Adams, Chad grew up surrounded by racing. He eventually became a professional race-car driver while also stepping in front of the camera, appearing most famously as\u00a0<strong>Dutch in\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>The Karate Kid<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>The Karate Kid Part II<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But racing remained a major part of his life.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Chad suffered a devastating crash while practicing for a race at Daytona International Speedway. He survived, but his injuries were severe and effectively ended his competitive driving career.<\/p>\n<p>Then the McQueen story continued into another generation.<\/p>\n<p>Chad\u2019s son,\u00a0<strong>Steven R. McQueen<\/strong>, became an actor himself, gaining widespread recognition as Jeremy Gilbert on\u00a0<em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Chad McQueen died in 2024 at age 63.<\/p>\n<p>Decades after Steve McQueen\u2019s death, his family\u2019s connection to\u00a0<strong>Hollywood, speed and the McQueen name<\/strong>\u00a0was still being carried forward.<\/p>\n<p>Three generations \u2014 and a legacy that never really left the spotlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve McQueen wasn\u2019t simply one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest stars \u2014 his passion for\u00a0cars and motorcycles\u00a0was almost as famous as his movies. His son,\u00a0Chad McQueen, inherited both worlds. Born in 1960 to Steve McQueen and actress Neile Adams, Chad grew up surrounded by racing. He eventually became a professional race-car driver while also stepping in front [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chua-phan-loai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuyenhay360.com.vn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}