Tucker Carlson Biography
Tucker Carlson is an American conservative former television host and political commentator for the show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News every night since 2016 to 2023.
How old is Tucker Carlson? – Age
He is 53 years old as of 16 May 2022. He was born in 1969 in San Francisco, California, United States. His official name is Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson.
Tucker Carlson Family
The former Fox news host is the firstborn son of an artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear and Dick Carlson, a former “gonzo reporter” who went on to become the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the United States ambassador to Seychelles. Buckley Peck Carlson, later Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson. Tucker has a younger brother who is nearly two years younger than him and has worked as a communications manager and Republican political operative.
When Carlton was two years old, he was adopted by an orphanage and raised in a middle-class family in San Diego, California. Carlson’s ancestors are English, German, and Swiss-Italian. In 1984, his father ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Republican Mayor Roger Hedgecock for mayor of San Diego. Carlson’s father married Patricia Caroline Swanson, the heiress of Swanson Enterprises, the daughter of Gilbert Carl Swanson, and the niece of Senator William Fulbright.
Who is Tucker Carlson’s Wife? – Marriage
Carlson is married to Susan Thomson Carlson. The couple met at St. George’s School in Rhode Island, where she was the headmaster’s daughter, and the two got married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. They have four kids.
Tucker Carlson Books
Carlson wrote the memoir Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News, which was published by Warner Books in September 2003. It received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Washingtonian, both of which praised the book for its wit.
Carlson, who is represented by the literary and creative agency Javelin, signed a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s conservative imprint, Threshold Editions, in May 2017. Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution, his first book in the series, was released in October 2018 and debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism, his second book, will be published in August 2021.
Tucker Carlson Career
He became a contributor to the network in 2009. Carlson’s program features powerful analysis and helps bring an important perspective to what’s going on in America and around the world every night. He and his team recently launched the network’s two flagship shows on Fox Nation, the network’s streaming service. Tucker Carlson Originals is an in-depth documentary series in which Carlson and his producers travel to important stories and bring them to life. Tucker Carlson’s official website Today is a new show every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday that features a single in-studio guest having an hour-long conversation with Carlson. Both shows are available to watch on FOXNation.
Both shows are available to watch on FOXNation.com. Carlson co-hosted FOX & Friends Weekend (weekends 6-10 AM/ET) prior to the launch of his Fox News Channel primetime show. On primary and caucus nights, he also provided analysis for America’s Election Headquarters, including the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, as well as the 2014 midterm elections.
Carlson previously hosted Tucker on MSNBC from 2005 to 2008, as well as Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered on PBS. He joined CNN as the network’s youngest anchor ever in 2000, co-hosting The Spin Room, and went on to co-host CNN’s Crossfire until it was canceled in 2005. Carlson also founded and served as the editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller, a political news website he founded in 2010.