Joe Scarborough Biography
Joe Scarborough is an American television host, attorney, and political commentator working for MSNBC as a co-host of Morning Joe. He joined the MSNBC news team in April 2003, after previously working for GOP.
Joe Scarborough Career
Scarborough became a member of the Florida Bar in 1991 and worked as a lawyer in Pensacola. Scarborough’s most famous case was when he briefly defended Michael F. Griffin, who killed Dr. David Gunn in 1993. Griffin’s dad was friends with Scarborough’s in-laws, so he agreed to stand in for Griffin until he could find a better lawyer. Scarborough went to court several times to defend Griffin before stepping away from the case. He later said, “There was no way in hell I could sit in at a civil trial, let alone a capital trial,” referring to the possibility that Griffin would be put to death.
Scarborough helped Griffin choose another lawyer from the many who offered their services, though, and she also helped protect Griffin’s family from the media attention, free of charge. Scarborough became better known in politics when he helped with a petition drive in late 1993 and led a tax revolt that stopped a plan to raise Pensacola’s property taxes by 65 percent. In 1999, while he was still in Congress, Scarborough started The Florida Sun, a free weekly newspaper for the Pensacola area. The paper combined in 2001 and is now called the Independent News. When Scarborough got out of Congress, he worked as an environmental lawyer in Florida. Scarborough Country started airing every night during prime time on MSNBC in April 2003.
Politics and pop culture were talked about on the show. As soon as Hurricane Katrina was over, Scarborough aired the show from Biloxi, Mississippi. Scarborough said that what was happening along the Gulf Coast was “nothing short of a national disgrace” after three days of reporting out there. From Scarborough’s experiences, the Times-Picayune said, “he is on the shortlist of network anchors and correspondents whose Gulf Coast assignments during and right after Katrina changed their lives.” Since Scarborough spoke out against President Bush, the San Francisco Chronicle said that his coverage of Hurricane Katrina had “become essential viewing.”
Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian who wrote the book The Great Deluge about Katrina, said, “Joe Scarborough was very aware of the destruction along the Gulf Coast, and his diagnosis of the failures was right on the mark.” He became the host of Morning Joe in May 2007. A column Scarborough wrote for The Washington Post in August 2016 said the Republican Party should “dump Donald Trump” as their presidential candidate. Scarborough wrote about Trump’s comments about Hillary Clinton and the Second Amendment, “A bloody line has been crossed that cannot be ignored.” The Republican Party finally has no choice but to act quickly to stop this political train wreck before something bad happens because of Donald Trump.
In tweets from June 2017, President Trump criticized Scarborough and Brzezinski for writing about his administration. He called Scarborough “Psycho Joe” and Brzezinski “low I.Q. Crazy Mika,” saying that she was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” when he met her at Mar-a-Lago. In response, the hosts wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post in which they said that White House officials told them that the president would stop a planned National Enquirer story if they apologized to Trump for writing about him. A lot of Republican politicians, like Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senators John McCain, Susan Collins, Ben Sasse, Lindsey Graham, and Lisa Murkowski, didn’t like what the president said in his tweets.
According to Trump, there are also “wild allegations and fact-free innuendo” about something that happened when Scarborough was in Congress. Someone who worked for Scarborough was found dead on the floor of his congressional office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, on July 20, 2001. Scarborough was in Washington, D.C. at the time. The 28-year-old woman lost consciousness, fell, and hit her head on the edge of a desk the day before. An autopsy showed that this was due to an unidentified problem with her heart valves. The news outlets spread rumors about the death, often linking it to Scarborough’s departure from Congress, which was made public in May.
Publisher Markos Moulitsas and filmmaker Michael Moore pushed the idea that Scarborough had something to do with the death. Moore even filed the website JoeScarboroughKilledHisIntern.com to support his claim. Since 2017, Trump has brought up the false rumor again and asked for another probe. The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and the Washington Examiner all said bad things about what Trump said. “Remarkably, we have a president who is trying to have someone prosecute the person he considers to be his chief critic in the media,” Scarborough said in 2020. “Putin does that.” In that way, Orban acts. Autocrats have done that for hundreds of years.
In August 2019, Scarborough got in trouble for tweeting about the death of Jeffrey Epstein, an American investor who was a convicted sex offender and made a lot of money. On Twitter, Scarborough wrote, “A man who knew things that could have destroyed the lives of wealthy and powerful men is found dead in his jail cell.” As expected, they were Russian.” At the beginning of 2021, Scarborough was very angry with the Capitol Hill Police for letting fans of Donald Trump attack the U.S. Capitol. He said there was unfair treatment because the criminals were black or Muslim. They probably would have been punished more severely.
On December 8, 2008, Scarborough and Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski took over host John Gambling’s 12-year-running two-hour late-morning radio show. As of April 26, 2010, Scarborough said that the radio show was on “hiatus” so that it could be changed into a new three-hour show. The show didn’t come back.
Joe Scarborough Morning Joe
When Imus left Imus in the Morning on MSNBC in May 2007, Scarborough was one of the hosts trying out for the spot. Scarborough won the time slot for good in July 2007 with his morning show. From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Eastern Time, MSNBC’s Morning Joe is a news and talk show. Along with co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist, Joe Scarborough gives both business news. He also talks about the day’s news in a panel style. The show has deep conversations that help shape the political talk of the day. At first, the reviews were good.
In 2007, Geist, Brzezinski, Scarborough, and MSNBC president Phil Griffin cut the ribbon on the new set of Morning Joe at 30 Rock. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was also there. Scarborough has covered both races and conventions for president. In 2015, he talked to Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president. The interview finished quickly, but it started up again after the commercial break. The show has been on the air for 10 years, in 2017.
Nielsen ratings from 2016 show that Morning Joe had MSNBC’s largest ever overall viewers. He also had demo audiences for that period, beating CNN in both categories. This was the seventh year in a row that Morning Joe had more people than CNN. Scarborough also often appears as a guest on NBC and MSNBC news shows and on Meet the Press many times. Scarborough was a guest host on Meet the Press in April 2012. On MSNBC, she works alongside Ari Melber, Jen Psaki, Katie Phang, Ali Velshi, Michael Steele, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Alex Witt.
In New York and Washington, DC, Morning Joe was the most-watched morning show on TV in 2023. It’s been 7 years and Morning Joe has been named number 2 in all of cable TV across the country during its time slot. In terms of overall viewers and the Nielson A25–54 age group, Morning Joe beat CNN for the 14th year in a row. It also beat CNN for the 8th year in a row in this group. Morning Joe had double-digit growth in total viewers and adults 25–54 compared to the previous year. On the other hand, CNN This Morning and FOX & Friends both saw double-digit drops in watchers. Adweek said in August 2023 that Morning Joe was the most-watched morning news show on television.
Joe Scarborough Salary
Scarborough earns a salary of about $57,000-$150,000.
Joe Scarborough Net Worth
Scarborough has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he has earned through his career as a television host, attorney, and political commentator.
Joe Scarborough Age
Scarborough was born on April 9, 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. He is 60 years old as of 2023, and she celebrates her birthday on the 9th of April every year.
Joe Scarborough Height and Weight
Scarborough stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches tall (1.93m) and weighs 87kgs (191 lbs)
Joe Scarborough Family
Scarborough was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States to George Francis Scarborough (father), a businessman, and Mary Joanna Scarborough (mother). He has two siblings; Carol Ward and George Scarborough. In 1969, his family moved to Meridian, Mississippi. In 1973, they moved to Elmira, New York, and in 1978, they moved to Pensacola, Florida.
Joe Scarborough Wife and Children
Scarborough is married to Mika Brzezinski, an American commentator. They became engaged in early 2017 during a trip to Antibes, France. The couple tied the knot on November 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C.. The two were joined together by Rep. Elijah Cummings. The two are blessed with four children from Joe’s previous marriages. They have two sons from his first marriage; Joey Scarborough and Andrew Scarborough. They also have a daughter (Katherine Clark Scarborough) who was born in August 2003 and a son who was born in May 2008 from his second wife.
Joe Scarborough Illness
He has been in the news in the past. In 2003, he had a heart attack and had to have 5 bypass surgeries to get normal again. Besides that, he has been having a hard time lately with his sadness and anxiety. In another event in November 2017, Joe had to take a short break from his show to get medical care. This led to more rumors about his health. Later, though, he made it clear that his health had been fine.
There have been a lot of stories about his health, but he is still healthy. Since Joe hasn’t said anything public about his health yet, there are still a lot of possibilities. There have been no updates on his health, and the government has not made any public statements about it either. So, the fact that he hasn’t responded to these rumors has led to more rumors that his health may not be good. Making his watchers worry about his health and well-being.
Joe Scarborough First Wife
Scarborough was previously married to Melanie Hinton in 1986 and was blessed with two sons and divorced in 1999. Later on, in October 2001, he married his second wife Susan Waren. Susan was a former aide to Florida governor Jeb Bush and a former confessional committee staffer. The two were blessed with two children a daughter and a son. They divorced in January 2013.
Joe Scarborough Books
Rome Wasn’t Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on how Politicians, Bureaucrats, and other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America was Scarborough’s first book. It came out on October 4, 2005. Scarborough’s second book, The Last Best Hope, came out on June 9, 2009. It was about how to help Republicans get back to being in the majority in politics after losing the 2006 midterm elections and the 2008 presidential election.
The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered Politics and Can Again” was Scarborough’s third book. It came out on November 12, 2013. Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization was Scarborough’s fourth book. It came out on November 24, 2020.
Joe Scarborough Social Media Platforms
Scarborough is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 2.7M followers on Twitter, 117.8k followers on Instagram, and 142.3k followers on Facebook.