Brit Hume Biography
Brit Hume is a political commentator and journalist from the United Kingdom. Hume worked for ABC News for 23 years, contributing to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Nightline, and This Week. From 1989 to 1996, he was ABC News’ chief White House correspondent.
How old is Brit Hume? – Age
He is 78 years old as of 22 June 2021. He was born in 1943 in Washington, D.C., United States. His real name is Alexander Britton “Brit” Hume.
Brit Hume Family
He was born to George Graham Hume and Virginia Powell (née Minnigerode) Hume. Hume is of Scottish ancestry through his father, who is descended from George Home, the son of the 10th Baron of Wedderburn, who was exiled to Virginia in the aftermath of the First Jacobite Rebellion.
Is Brit Hume still Married? – Wife
Hume has been married twice. He was first married to Clare Jacobs Stoner. Sandy Hume, their son, was a reporter for The Hill who broke the story of the failed 1997 political bid to replace Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Sandy Hume committed suicide in February 1998. The Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism, presented annually by the National Press Club, is named in his honor. His daughter Virginia Hume, who was born in 1965, was a contributor to The Weekly Standard. Hume married Kim Schiller Hume in 1993, and she was a Fox News vice president and Washington bureau chief before retiring in 2006.
Brit Hume Salary
When compared to CNN, ABC, CBS, and other national news organizations, Fox News anchors earn the most. The average annual salary for a FOX news anchor is $75,000, or $36 per hour. Fox news anchor salaries are higher than the national average of $58 thousand for all news anchors.
Brit Hume Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $14 Million.
Brit Hume Career
Since joining the network, Hume has provided political analysis of every major political event. He most recently covered the 2020 presidential and vice-presidential debates, as well as the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
Previously, Hume served as interim host of On the Record, which aired weekdays at 7 p.m. ET until the 2016 presidential election. He also previously hosted Special Report and served as its host for more than ten years, retiring in December 2008. Special Report was the highest-rated political program on cable television during his tenure as host.
Hume also served as the Washington managing editor, where he was in charge of overseeing news content for FOX News’ Washington bureau. From 1996 to 2008, he also hosted all of the network’s presidential election coverage. He worked for ABC News for 23 years before joining FOX News in 1996, serving as chief White House correspondent from 1989 to 1996. During his tenure, he contributed to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Nightline, and This Week, as well as various news division specials. Hume began his career at ABC as a consultant for the network’s documentary division in 1973, and he was named a Washington correspondent in 1976.
Later, he was promoted to Capitol Hill correspondent, where he covered Congress until 1988. Previously, Hume worked as a newspaper reporter for The Hartford Times and The Baltimore Evening Sun before joining United Press International.
He has received numerous honors and awards, including the National Press Foundation’s Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism in 2003 and a 1991 Emmy Award for his coverage of the Gulf War. Hume, the author of two books, “Inside Story” and “Death and the Mines,” was named by the American Journalism Review as “the best in the business” for his extensive news coverage of the White House.
