{"id":2129041,"date":"2025-11-01T16:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2129041"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:16:07","slug":"james-van-der-beek-trick-or-treats-with-kids-from-golf-cart-amid-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-van-der-beek-trick-or-treats-with-kids-from-golf-cart-amid-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek Trick-Or-Treats With Kids From Golf Cart Amid Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/james-van-der-beek\/\"><strong>James Van Der Beek<\/strong><\/a> isn\u2019t letting his ongoing cancer battle get him down \u2014 especially when it\u2019s time to take his kids trick-or-treating on Halloween.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHappy Halloween!!!!\u201d James\u2019 wife, <strong>Kimberly Van Der Beek<\/strong>, wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQgLTOljdqk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> early on Saturday, November 1, sharing photos of the family\u2019s costumes from the previous evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">James, 48, looked dapper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/pictures\/the-best-celebrity-halloween-costumes-of-2025-mindy-kaling-and-more\/\">as the titular <i>Phantom of the Opera<\/i><\/a>, completed with a tuxedo, white bowtie and a matching half-face mask. Kimberly, 43, for her part, dressed as a fox with a spiderweb painted on her neck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cPhantom and the Fox,\u201d Kimberly wrote via her Instagram Stories, snapping a selfie with her spouse during the Friday, October 31, holiday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/celebrity-parents-show-off-their-kids-cutest-2025-halloween-costumes\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/celebrity-parents-show-off-their-kids-cutest-2025-halloween-costumes\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Celebrity Parents Show Off Their Kids\u2018 Cutest 2025 Halloween Costumes<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHalloween is for everyone, but this year, the cutest costume awards go to Witney Carson and more celebrities\u2019 children. Carson kicked off the holiday by attending Disney+ Halloween Fest on Saturday, October 25, with her husband, Carson McAllister, and their two sons, Leo, 4, and Jet, 2. The family dressed up as characters from Peter [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Van Der Beeks are <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/james-van-der-beeks-sweetest-moments-with-family-pics\/\">parents to<\/a> Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 7, and Jeremiah, 4, who wore individual costumes on Friday. Annabel and Emilia dressed as the Statue of Liberty and a witch, respectively, with Joshua donning a skeleton outfit. Gwendolyn, for her part, rocked out as Rumi from <i>K-Pop Demon Hunters<\/i> and Jeremiah went as an adorable lime-green bear. (Olivia did not appear in the family snaps.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After posing for their adorable photos, James and Kimberly took their children to collect all sorts of candy from the neighbors\u2019 houses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4150695\" style=\"width: 169px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:177.71428571429%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4150695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756272967714105641.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n James Van Der Beek and son Jeremiah.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Kimberly Van Der Beek\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cA trick-or-treat golf cart?! Don\u2019t mind if we do,\u201d Kimberly wrote via her Stories, sharing a pic of James in the front seat with Jeremiah. \u201cThanks to my babe @odetteannable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">James announced in fall 2023 that he was<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/james-van-der-beeks-cancer-diagnosis-expert-explains-disease\/\"> diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my incredible family,\u201d the <i>Dawson\u2019s Creek <\/i>alum told <i>People <\/i>in November 2023, revealing he privately underwent an undisclosed form of treatment. \u201cThere\u2019s reason for optimism, and I\u2019m feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He continued, \u201cThis has been a crash course in the mastery of mind, body, and spirit. I thought, \u2018This is either going to take me out of the body, or it\u2019s going to<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/james-van-der-beek-details-stage-3-cancer-battle-treatment\/\"> teach me how to truly live<\/a> in it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4150694\" style=\"width: 169px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:177.71428571429%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4150694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kimberly-Van-Der-Beek-3756271361480232922.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n James Van Der Beek and Kimberly Van Der Beek.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Kimberly Van Der Beek\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">As James navigated his diagnosis, his father, <strong>James William<\/strong>, leapt into action to support his son through the trying time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe way you have shown up when I\u2019ve been down and out this year \u2014 without us having to ask, without the expectation of even a thank you has been not just life-saving, but life-affirming,\u201d James wrote in a January Instagram tribute to his dad. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/james-van-der-beek-says-his-dad-moved-in-during-treatment\/\">Moving onto the ranch<\/a> for when I\u2019m away for treatment. Making lunches, making fires for @vanderkimberly, driving kids, even taking care of the dogs and chickens, but it\u2019s even more than that. I\u2019m blown away by how you\u2019ve been there for me emotionally as I\u2019ve moved through everything cancer brings up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He concluded, \u201cI know it\u2019s outside your comfort zone, but especially since Mom died, you have come through for me again and again and again in ways that I didn\u2019t even know how much I needed. Thank you for being the best. I will keep my promise that we won\u2019t ever ask you to change Jeremiah\u2019s diapers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Van Der Beek isn\u2019t letting his ongoing cancer battle get him down \u2014 especially when it\u2019s time to take his kids trick-or-treating on Halloween. \u201cHappy Halloween!!!!\u201d James\u2019 wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, wrote via Instagram early on Saturday, November 1, sharing photos of the family\u2019s costumes from the previous evening. 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