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Joe Scarborough

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Joe Scarborough
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1995 – September 5, 2001
Preceded byEarl Hutto
Succeeded byJeff Miller
Personal details
Born
Charles Joseph Scarborough

(1963-04-09) April 9, 1963 (age 61)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (from 2017)
Other political
affiliations
Republican (until 2017)
Spouse(s)
Melanie Hinton
(m. 1986⁠–⁠1999)

Susan Waren
(m. 2001⁠–⁠2013)

(m. 2018)
Children4
EducationUniversity of Alabama,(BA)
University of Florida (JD)

Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is an American television host, attorney, liberal political commentator and former politician who is the host of Morning Joe on National Broadcasting Company's (NBC) sister network MSNBC (Microsoft NBC).[1] He previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same network. As a member of the Republican Party, he was a former member of the United States House of Representatives.[2]

On July 11, 2017, Scarborough announced on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he was leaving the Republican party to become an independent.[3]

References

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  1. "About Morning Joe". msnbc.com. 2015. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. "Joe Scarborough Biography". msnbc.com. 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  3. Cummings, William (11 July 2017). "'Morning Joe' Scarborough is leaving the Republican Party". USA Today.