Peter Doocy Bio, Age, Family, Wife, Salary, Net Worth, Fox News Career

Peter Doocy Biography

Peter Doocy is a journalist from the United States of America who works for Fox News as a White House correspondent. He is the son of Steve Doocy, co-host of Fox & Friends. He joined the network in 2009.

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How old is Peter Doocy? – Age

He is 34 years old as of 21 July 2021. He was born in 1987 in Washington, D.C., United States.

Who are Peter Doocy parents? -Family

He is the son of Steve Doocy and Kathy Gerrity. His father is also a television host, political commentator, and author. He has two sisters; Sally Doocy and Mary Doocy. His paternal grandparents are JoAnne (née Sharp) and James Edward Doocy, who worked in sales and construction. His paternal great grandfather was of Irish descent and his paternal great grandmother was of Swedish descent.

Is Peter Doocy Married? – Wife

He is married to Hillary Vaughn. The couple married in 2021.

Peter Doocy and his wife Hillary Vaughn Photo
Peter Doocy and his wife Hillary Vaughn Photo

Peter Doocy 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.

Peter Doocy Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

Peter Doocy Career

Doocy’s responsibilities in this position include covering the president of the United States’ domestic and international activities, as well as issues affecting the administration. He covered President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign during the 2020 election, beginning with his announcement in April 2019. Doocy’s signature ability to elicit a response yielded several viral and newsworthy moments during his coverage of Biden. Doocy recently covered the Georgia Senate runoffs as well as the ongoing transition to the Biden administration.

Prior to covering the Biden campaign, he covered the 2020 Democratic presidential field, securing interviews with candidates such as Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), among others. During the Iowa caucuses in January 2020, Doocy also interviewed then-President Donald Trump.

Doocy has reported live on every major election since 2009, conducted interviews with lawmakers and newsmakers, covered breaking news events across the country, and, in 2014, hosted a documentary “The Man Who Killed Usama bin Laden,” which featured the first television exclusive interview with Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who claims he fired the shots that killed terrorist leader Usama bin Laden. Doocy provided live coverage of the shooting of WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward in August of 2015. In June of 2015, he reported on the manhunt for two inmates who escaped from the Clinton Correction Facility in Danbury, Connecticut.

He covered the manhunt for two prisoners who escaped from the Clinton Correction Facility in Dannemora, New York, in June of 2015. Doocy reported live from the scene of the deadly Navy Yard shooting in Washington, DC in 2013. He also covered the Boston Marathon bombing and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Villanova University awarded him a B.A. in political science.