Chris Hayes Biography
Chris Hayes is a political commentator, television news anchor, activist, and author from the United States. Hayes is the host of All In with Chris Hayes, a weekday news and opinion show on MSNBC. Hayes also hosts the MSNBC podcast Why Is This Happening? on a weekly basis. Hayes previously hosted a weekend MSNBC show called Up with Chris Hayes. He is the Nation magazine’s editor-at-large.
How old is Chris Hayes? – Age
He is 43 years old as of 28 February 2022. He was born in 1979 in Norwood, New York, United States. His real name is Christopher Loffredo Hayes.
Chris Hayes Education
He is Desus Nice’s childhood friend and schoolmate. Hayes attended the prestigious Hunter College High School in New York City, where his classmates included Immortal Technique and Lin-Manuel Miranda, the latter of whom Hayes directed in Miranda’s first musical. Following graduation, Hayes attended Brown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 2001.
Who are Chris Hayes’s Parents? – Family
Hayes is one of three sons born to Roger and Geri Hayes. His mother is of Italian origin, and his father is of Irish Catholic descent. His father relocated to New York from Chicago to attend a Jesuit seminary and began community organizing in the Bronx. Roger Hayes worked for the Community Service Society of New York for several years before becoming an assistant commissioner for the NYC Department of Health. Hayes’ mother was a teacher who now works for the New York City Department of Education. Hayes was raised Catholic, but stopped attending church services in college and is now agnostic.
Who is Chris Hayes’s Brother?
Hayes’ brother Luke worked on Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.
Who is Chris Hayes’s Wife?
Hayes married his college sweetheart Kate Shaw, a former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens who is now a law professor at Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and an ABC News Supreme Court contributor. They met while both attending Brown University. Andy Shaw, a veteran Chicago reporter, is his father-in-law. Hayes and Shaw lived in Washington, D.C. before relocating to New York City, where All in With Chris Hayes is produced. They have three kids.
How much does Chris Hayes Earn? – Salary
He receives an annual salary of $1 million.
Chris Hayes Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Up with Chris Hayes
MSNBC announced on August 1, 2011, that Hayes would host a two-hour morning show on Saturdays and Sundays, each of which would go into depth on current issues. Up with Chris Hayes premiered on September 17, 2011, and featured a live interview with Nancy Pelosi.
On Memorial Day Weekend, May 27, 2012, Hayes spoke on the air about the use of the word “heroism” in reference to American servicemen killed in action. Hayes initially defended his remark by urging people to pay attention to what he actually said. Despite this, he apologized on his blog and dedicated an entire show to discuss his remarks.
Chris Hayes Podcasts
Hayes launched Why Is This Happening?, a weekly podcast featuring interviews with political figures, activists, journalists, writers, and academics, in May 2018. The podcast’s first live episode, with author Ta-Nehisi Coates, was recorded in November 2018 at Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, New York. On Hayes’ second live episode, which aired on February 24, 2019, he interviewed Georgia politician and activist Stacey Abrams.
Chris Hayes Career
Hayes was a contributor to the independent weekly newspaper Chicago Reader for four years, beginning in August 2001, where he covered local and national politics. He began a four-year stint as a senior editor at In These Times, a labor-focused monthly magazine based in Chicago, in late 2003.
Hayes was a Schumann Center Writing Fellow at In These Times from 2005 to 2006. Hayes was a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and a contributing writer for The Nation from 2006 to 2007. On November 1, 2007, he was named Washington, D.C., editor of The Nation, succeeding David Corn. Hayes wrote extensively on liberal issues, such as what ails the Democratic Party in the post-9/11 era and how the labor movement is changing. He also covered progressive activists’ efforts to resurrect the “public option” during the 2009–2010 health-care debate, when many political insiders dismissed it as dead.
From 2008 to 2010, Hayes was an adjunct English professor at St. Augustine College in Chicago and a Bernard L. Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation. Hayes guest-hosted The Rachel Maddow Show in July 2010 while Maddow was in Afghanistan, and she later frequently filled in for Maddow when she was unavailable. Hayes has also hosted The Ed Show, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC.
On November 5, 2010, MSNBC announced that Hayes would take over for Keith Olbermann while he was suspended. However, the network later reversed its decision after discovering that Hayes had also made political contributions, which was the reason for Olbermann’s suspension. Chris Hayes is also a regular on Late Night with Seth Meyers. On March 14, 2013, MSNBC announced that Chris Hayes would take over the time slot previously held by Ed Schultz, who would shift to weekends. He became the youngest host of a prime-time show on any of the country’s major cable news channels at the age of 34. The change was made in the hopes of attracting a larger audience than Schultz did.