Joe Scarborough | |
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![]() Scarborough in 2017 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1995 – September 5, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Earl Hutto |
Succeeded by | Jeff Miller |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Joseph Scarborough April 9, 1963 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Political party | Independent (2017–present) |
Other political affiliations | Republican (before 2017) |
Spouses | Melanie Hinton
(m. 1986; div. 1999)Susan Waren
(m. 2001; div. 2013) |
Children | 4 |
Education | University of Alabama (BA) University of Florida (JD) |
Occupation |
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Television |
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Charles Joseph Scarborough (/ˈskɑːrbʌroʊ/; born April 9, 1963) is an American television host and former politician who is the co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC with his wife Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. He previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same network. A former member of the Republican Party, Scarborough was in the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 1st district from 1995 to 2001. He was appointed to the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce in 2002[1] and was a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[2] He was named in the 2011 Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world.[3]