Joe Hildebrand Biography
Joe Hildebrand is a journalist and television, and radio host from Australia. He writes for The Daily Telegraph in Sydney and is also known to contribute to a number of other News Corp publications, including the Herald Sun in Melbourne and news.com.au.
How old is Joe Hildebrand? – Age
He is 46 years old as of 23 June 2022. He was born in 1976 in Melbourne, Australia.
Joe Hildebrand Dandenong – Education
Hildebrand was born in Melbourne and raised in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong. Hildebrand’s younger brother Paddy went missing on a family bushwalk in Wilson’s Promontory when he was ten years old. Despite a lengthy search and rescue operation, Paddy, who was autistic, was never discovered, and his fate remains unknown to this day. He went to Dandenong Primary School, Dandenong High School, and the University of Melbourne, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in History and English and edited the student newspaper Farrago.
Joe Hildebrand Wife
Hildebrand is married to Tara Ravens, a journalist. They live in Sydney with their three children.
Joe Hildebrand Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Joe Hildebrand Studio 10
Hildebrand joined Network Ten’s new morning show Studio 10 as a panelist opposite Sarah Harris in November 2013. He held this post until his departure from Network 10 in September 2020. Hildebrand apologized on April 2, 2014, for remarks he made during a panel discussion on Studio 10, prior to an interview with Rosie Batty, whose ex-partner murdered their 11-year-old son.
Joe Hildebrand 2GB
Hildebrand became a member of Sydney’s 2GB. With “The Daily Telegraph” section, he will join the John Stanley program. There are intentions to increase his appearance on the show over time.
Joe Hildebrand ABC
Hildebrand was featured on ABC’s national chat show Q&A on May 30, 2011, September 12, 2011, and August 10, 2015. Since December 2010, he has also made multiple appearances on ABC’s national current affairs program The Drum. He has been on Channel Seven’s The Morning Show and Sky News Australia’s Paul Murray Live on a weekly basis.
Hildebrand hosted the ABC2 television series Dumb, Drunk, and Racist, which premiered on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Dumb, Drunk, and Racist followed Hildebrand and four Indian tourists throughout Australia to see if the prevalent Indian stereotype of Australians as ignorant, inebriated bigots was correct. Early estimates for the first episode put the average audience in the five major cities at 266,000, with a peak of just less than 320,000. He went on to anchor Shitsville Express, which premiered on ABC2 on July 2, 2013.
Joe Hildebrand Accusation
Hildebrand and Tilley did make comments on Triple M radio’s “The One Percenters” broadcast on June 18, 2014. The sentence that sparked the debate was, “Everyone in Colombia owns, sells, and does cocaine.” These comments prompted an online campaign and a diplomatic letter from Colombia’s embassy in Australia. The letter requested an apology from the radio station and its commenters.
On 14 July 2014, Hildebrand was chastised on social media for tweeting about a television interview with Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe that aired that night.