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Candice Accola, husband Joe King expecting first child

The actress is stepmother to King's two daughters from his previous marriage.

By Annie Martin
Candice Accola at Entertainment Weekly's San Diego Comic-Con closing night party on July 11. The actress and husband Joe King are expecting their first child. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 3 | Candice Accola at Entertainment Weekly's San Diego Comic-Con closing night party on July 11. The actress and husband Joe King are expecting their first child. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Actress Candice Accola and musician Joe King are expecting their first child.

The 28-year-old Vampire Diaries star announced the news with a photo of herself with the 35-year-old Fray guitarist Monday on Instagram. King's daughters from his previous marriage, Ava and Elise, also appear in the picture.

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"Sometimes a Saturday is best spent painting t-shirts and taking an awesome family photo," Accola wrote. "Happy Monday everybody! #ThatAintNoBurritoinMyBelly Thank you to our friend @softspiritstrong for coming over and snapping this sweet pic."

Accola and King met at a Super Bowl party in February 2011 and got engaged in May 2013. The couple subsequently starred in The Fray's music video for "Love Don't Die," and married in New Orleans, La., in October 2014.

Candice Accola and husband Joe King are expecting their first child. King is already father to daughters Ava and Elise. Instagram/Candice Accola

Accola has played Caroline Forbes on The CW series The Vampire Diaries since 2009, and will return for a seventh season Oct. 8. King last released Helios with The Fray in February 2014, which includes "Love Don't Die" and "Break Your Plans."

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