Douglas Kennedy Biography
Douglas Kennedy is a journalist from the United States working as a FOX News Channel correspondent (FNC). He began working for the network in 1996 and is based in New York.
How old is Douglas Kennedy? – Age
He is 54 years old as of March 24, 2021. He was born in 1967 in Washington, D.C., U.S. His real name is Douglas Harriman Kennedy.
Who is Douglas Kennedy’s Father? – Family
Kennedy is the tenth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy and was named after W. Averell Harriman, a family friend, and former New York governor.
How many children does Douglas Kennedy have? – Wife
On August 22, 1998, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, he married Molly Elizabeth Stark, daughter of Sharon Ellen Wing and John Sherwood Stark. Riley Elizabeth Kennedy was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in August 1999; Mary McCauley Kennedy was born in August 2001; Rowen Francis Kennedy was born in February 2004; George Skakel Kennedy was born in April 2007, and Anthony Boru Kennedy was born in January 2012.
Douglas Kennedy Salary
He earns an annual salary of $2 Million.
Douglas Kennedy Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $6 Million.
Douglas Kennedy Son’s Accusation
On November 20, 2012, Kennedy was acquitted of misdemeanor physical harassment and child endangerment charges stemming from an altercation with two nurses at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York, on January 7, 2012, two days after his son, Anthony Boru, was born there. Kennedy attempted to take his infant out of the maternity ward for some fresh air, which two nurses claimed was against hospital policy and that he physically assaulted them when they tried to stop him. Following the incident, Kennedy was investigated separately by New York child welfare authorities, but social workers discovered no signs of child abuse in his home and declared the allegations unfounded in March 2012.
Does Douglas Kennedy work for Fox? – Career
Kennedy attended Georgetown Preparatory School and Brown University before beginning his career as a print journalist for The Nantucket Beacon and later The New York Post. As a Post investigative reporter, Kennedy obtained the first interview with the officer who apprehended Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh and broke numerous other health care and metropolitan area stories.
In August 1996, he joined Fox News Channel as a general assignment reporter and now hosts Douglas Kennedy’s American Stories, a bi-weekly program on the network. He covered the presidential elections of 1996, 2000, and 2004, as well as Hurricane Katrina, while at Fox News.
He commented on the controversy over whether the film of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin’s final moments should be shown in 2006, while working as a correspondent for the Fox News show The Big Story, noting that he and his siblings “had to grow up with” repeatedly seeing broadcasts and video clips of Kennedy’s own father’s death.