José Díaz-Balart Biography
José Daz-Balart is a journalist and television anchorman of Cuban descent hosting a new 10 a.m. show called “José Daz-Balart Reports.” He will also continue to anchor NBC Nightly News on Saturday and Telemundo’s breaking news and special events coverage, as well as host monthly specials.
When was José Díaz-Balart born? – Age
He is 61 years old as of 7 November 2021. He was born in 1960 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.
José Díaz-Balart Family
His family fled Cuba in 1959 and raised him in Madrid, Spain. He is the son of former Cuban politician Rafael Daz-Balart y Gutiérrez and Hilda Caballero Brunet. Rafael Daz-Balart, a banker, Mario Daz-Balart, a U.S. representative, and Lincoln Daz-Balart, a former U.S. representative, are his three brothers. Waldo Diaz-Balart, his uncle, is an internationally renowned painter. His aunt, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was Fidel Castro’s first wife, so Fidel Castro is his uncle by marriage, and his first cousin was the late Fidel Castro Jr.
Is José Díaz-Balart Married? – Wife
He is married to Brenda Balart. They are the parents of two daughters. Katrina and Sabrina are his daughters’ names.
Is José Díaz-Balart related to Fidel Castro?
Fidel Castro’s first wife, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was his aunt; as a result, Fidel Castro is his uncle through marriage, and the late Fidel Castro Jr. (Fidelito) was his first cousin.
José Díaz-Balart Height
He stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m).
José Díaz-Balart Telemundo
By the year 2000, he had returned to Spanish-language network television as the host of a new Telemundo morning show called Esta Manana. Later, he co-hosted Esta Maana, Telemundo’s first-morning news and entertainment show, as well as Cada Da, the network’s public affairs show. By 2002, the bilingual anchor had begun hosting Enfoque con José Diaz-Balart, a once-month interview program on Telemundo, on which he had interviewed a wide range of newsmakers, including political leaders and presidential candidates. He has interviewed every president of the United States since Ronald Reagan. In 2003, he returned to English-language television and his former Miami station, WTVJ, as a news anchor. He took over as anchor of Telemundo’s evening newscast, Noticias Telemundo, in 2009.
José Díaz-Balart MSNBC – Career
After a brief stint in radio, he transitioned to print journalism for United Press International in the mid-1980s. In December 1984, he was appointed as the Central American Bureau Chief for the Spanish International Network. He was a member of the group of journalists who founded Telemundo news in 1987, forming Noticias Telemundo/HBC. He later established himself as a television news reporter in Miami, where he worked for WTVJ from 1988 until May 1996, when he was hired by CBS. When he began anchoring for the CBS News program This Morning in August 1996, he made history by becoming the first Cuban-American to host a network news program.
By 2010, he was working as a reporter for NBC. He made history again when he filled in for Contessa Brewer on MSNBC Live from June 20 to 24, 2011, in the show’s 12 p.m. time slot, becoming the first U.S. journalist to broadcast both English and Spanish newscasts on two networks at the same time.
Diaz-Balart hosted MSNBC’s 10 a.m. news hour from 2014 to 2016, taking over for Chris Jansing. On November 10, 2014, it was announced that he would take over as host of The Daily Rundown on November 17, 2014, with the program expanding to two hours, essentially absorbing his eponymous show that had previously aired during the second hour. The Daily Rundown was renamed MSNBC Live with Jose Diaz-Balart in 2015 as part of a larger restructuring of MSNBC’s daytime programming. He also started working as a fill-in anchor for NBC Nightly News on Saturdays in late 2015. In July 2016, he was officially named host of that program, and he still holds that position today.
Diaz-Balart moderated a Democratic Town Hall with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 18, 2016. Diaz-Balart co-moderated the first Democratic Presidential Debates on NBC and Telemundo on June 26 and 27, 2019. On September 7, 2021, it was announced that he would be leaving his position as anchor of Noticias Telemundo’s weeknight editions to anchor a new 10 a.m. show called José Daz-Balart Reports on MSNBC. He will continue to anchor NBC Nightly News on Saturday, as well as anchor Telemundo’s breaking news and special events coverage and host monthly specials.
José Díaz-Balart Salary
Balart receives an annual salary of $1 million.
José Díaz-Balart Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $15 Million.