Shannon Bream Biography
Shannon Bream is an American anchor and reporter working for FOX News as a weekend morning Chief Legal Correspondent from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. She joined the FOX News news team in 2007, after previously working for WRC-TV.
Shannon Bream Career
Beam is a proud graduate of Liberty University and earned a Juris Doctorate with honors from Florida State University College of Law. She is the host of Livin’ the Bream, a podcast on FOX News Radio (FNR) where she shares inspirational stories, personal anecdotes, and an insider’s perspective on actions and rulings from the high court. In 2022, Bream led breaking news coverage surrounding the retirement announcement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Previously, she contributed to FNC’s Democracy 2020 election coverage, which earned the highest ratings for an election night in cable news history with 14.1 million total viewers.
Bream also covered the historic Supreme Court decision in June 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade and the leaked Supreme Court opinion draft on Roe v. Wade. Additionally, Bream presented live-breaking coverage on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, anchoring special primetime coverage as the situation escalated. In 2020, Bream covered the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and had a conversation with former second lady Dr. Jill Biden about her husband’s decision to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, her son Hunter Biden, and the impeachment trial involving President Donald Trump. In addition, Bream participated in FNC’s live coverage of the Supreme Court of the United States confirmation hearing.
Bream and Bill Hemmer co-anchored live coverage of former FBI director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in June 2017. Comey was asked to stop an investigation into former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn due to pressure from President Donald Trump, according to various reports. Additionally, she participated in live coverage of the 2016 presidential election, offering commentary and interpretation on a range of social media trends that emerged during the campaign. Bream additionally offered live convention and delegate reporting from Cleveland, Ohio at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in 2016.
Bream has covered live stories from Capitol Hill regarding the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that upheld same-sex marriage across the country. She previously covered the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2012, California’s Proposition 8, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Supreme Court ruling in 2013, and the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in real-time. Bream also covered the June 2008 Supreme Court hearing on detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
Bream was a weekend anchor for WRC-TV (NBC-4) in Washington, D.C., prior to joining FNC. She had previously worked as an evening and late-night news anchor for WBTV (CBS-3) in Charlotte, North Carolina, and as a writer and reporter for WFTS-TV (ABC-28) in Tampa, Florida. She gave the first-ever keynote address at Liberty University’s commencement on May 11, 2013, making history. Bream was chosen for ABC’s “Politically Incorrect” in 1999 while working as a corporate lawyer in Tampa, Florida. She also won the titles of Miss Virginia in 1990 and Miss Florida in 1994.
Shannon Bream Salary
Bream earns an annual salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Shannon Bream Net Worth
Bream has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which she has earned through her career as a Chief Legal Correspondent.
Shannon Bream Age
Beam was born on December 23, 1970, in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. She is 54 years old as of 2024 and she celebrates her birthday on the 23rd of December every year.
Shannon Bream Height and Weight
Bream stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 meters) and weighs 57 kg (125 lbs).
Shannon Bream Family
Bream was born to Marie Norris and her late father, Clarence Edward DePuy Jr., who was a Law Enforcement Officer. She has not disclosed the names of his siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Shannon Bream Husband and Children
Bream is married to Sheldon Bream, a business owner in the Washington, D.C. area. The couple met while studying at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and got married on December 30, 1995. After over three decades together, the duo does not have children yet.
Shannon Bream Husband Cancer
In her book, “Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters,” Bream wrote everything from her upbringing and family struggles to her career path and the hurdles she faced along the way. In the book where she wrote about the time her husband, Sheldon, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 24 when they were both engaged and they were planning their wedding. It is around the same time that he also lost his father.
Sheldon had to undergo 9 hours long surgery for the removal of rumor. Unfortunately, the procedure led to his facial paralysis. But just around a month before their scheduled marriage, Sheldon moved the corner of his mouth, which as per doctors was the first sign of his recovery.
Shannon Bream Miss America | Shannon Bream Beauty Pageant
Beam finished in the top 10 of the Miss America 1991 and Miss USA 1995 pageants during her college years. She also won the Miss Virginia pageant in 1990 while attending Florida State University’s law school, and she placed fourth in the Miss USA 1995 pageant. Her law school education was again funded by the scholarship awards she received from the Miss USA pageants.
What Disease Does Shannon Bream Have? | What Happened to Shannon Bream?
The Washington Post’s Sandra G. Boodman wrote on Dr. Thomas E. Clinch of Eye Doctor of Washington, praising him for solving Bream’s medical problem. The reporter suffered from severe eye discomfort for more than eighteen months, and the article details how she met a knowledgeable ophthalmologist and eventually found relief.
For Shannon Bream, the difference between moderate discomfort and excruciating pain was what eye drops meant. She had to apply the solution every few hours and set her alarm several times during the night, so she had to carry them with her at all times. Bream would be in unbearable pain when she woke up if she ignored her alarm.
Bream saw an ophthalmologist after a doctor was unable to diagnose her condition; the ophthalmologist prescribed Restasis eye drops to treat her dry eye. She was told to continue taking Restasis and that she must be overstating and being theatrical about her pain when she saw the doctor again with no improvement. The Washington Post then goes into depth on Bream’s refusal to visit his doctor again or seek treatment from anyone else out of dread of hearing the same thing. She continued to take the Restasis for temporary relief and tried to live with the problem.
Bream would peruse internet forums night after night in an attempt to find solutions to her eye problems. She read that some people had thought about ending their lives due to the agony. Bream, who was worn out from battling the agony day in and day out, could understand how people may think this way, according to Sandra Boodman’s piece. Her awakening came when she saw that she wasn’t challenging the suicidal thoughts of others.
Bream came across multiple referrals for Dr. Thomas Clinch, a corneal specialist, while perusing the chat boards. She scheduled an appointment after deciding to seek expert assistance one final time. Dr. Clinch was aware that the primary issue was not dry eye after speaking with Shannon Bream. He saw typical symptoms during her eye test that suggested she had Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, also called Cogan’s dystrophy. Bream could never fully recover from the cornea damage because it never had the chance to heal.
Bream was given eye medications to go along with Restasis, tear duct plugs to assist her eyes retain moisture, and Muro 128 ointment to use at night by Dr. Clinch. After seeing Dr. Clinch for a few weeks, Bream’s eyes started to recover and she was able to sleep for eight hours straight for the first time in more than a year. Shannon Bream uses Muro 128 often and has little to no symptoms of her eye ailment anymore. Although the problem is considerably easier to treat, it will occasionally reoccur.
Shannon Bream Book
Bream’s debut book, “The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today”, which was was the 2021 13th bestselling book in adult nonfiction, and spent 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, five of which at number one. She has also published two other books titled “The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families” and “Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters”.
Shannon Bream Social Media Platform
Bream is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 686.6k followers on Twitter 168.7k followers on Instagram, and 179.4k followers on Facebook.