Jon Scott Biography
Jon Scott (born Jonathan Arthur Scott) is an American Emmy Award-winning News Anchor/Reporter working for Fox News since joining the station in the year 1996. He anchors the FOX Report on Sundays and Saturdays at 6 p.m.
Jon Scott Date of Birth/Birthday/ How old is Jon Scott?
Scott is 63 years old as of 2021. He was born on November 7, 1958, in Denver, Colorado, United States. He, therefore, celebrates his birthday on the 7th of November every year.
Jon Scott Measurements/Height
Scott stands at a height of approximately 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m).
Jon Scott Partner/Wife
Scott is married to his lovely spouse, Sharon Scott.
Jon Scott Kids/Children
Scott and his wife, Sharon Scott take great pride in being mom and dad to their 4 children, whose names are currently under review. One of his sons is a military who graduated from the United States Military Academy in the year 2011. His other son was an infantryman in the Vietnam War.
Jon Scott Relatives/ Family
Scott was born and raised in the United States. He has managed to keep information about his family away from the public, however, we will update the information once it’s available.
Jon Scott Schooling/Education
Scott graduated from Lutheran High School and attended the University of Missouri. At Missouri School of Journalism, he majored in Journalism.
Jon Scott Fox News
Scott serves at Fox News as a Weekend Evening News Anchor, highlighting the latest developments and breaking stories in the United States, as well as across the world. Recently, he anchored special reports on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He had an interview with Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani(Qatari Foreign Affairs Minister) in August of 2021. The topic of the interview was based on evacuating people out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. In the year 2020, Scott was a contributor to Fox News’ Democracy 2020 election coverage. This delivered the top-rated coverage of a night of an election in cable news history with 14.1 million total viewers. Before that, Scott was honored live on-air during the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square in the year 2019.
Since joining Fox News, Scott covered everything from floods and hurricanes to elections to the war in Afghanistan to space shuttle launches to royal weddings to many more events. He also provided live reports of the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom from CENTCOM, Qatar. In addition, he covered live President Bush’s subsequent address to the nation aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Scott was an anchor of Fox News’ coverage of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks from the opening minutes after the attack on the World Trade Center.
Is Jon Scott Jon Scott leaving Fox News?
Scott has been a co-anchor of “Happening Now” on Fox News for a very long time. He co-anchored the show until the Fox News network expanded America’s Newsroom from 2 hours to 3, ending the show in June 2018 after 11 years of being on air. He did not leave the station, thus he just made a transition to anchoring FOX Report on Sundays and Saturdays at 6 p.m.
Jon Scott Profession
Scott works for Fox News as a Weekend Evening News Anchor. Before joining Fox News, Scott was working for Dateline NBC as a correspondent. While there, he won an Emmy for his work as a news writer. In addition to his work as a correspondent, he was also a reporter for Inside Edition. Scott got his start at stations in Denver and Miami.
Scott is a licensed pilot, rated to fly single-engine airplanes. He at times uses his expertise to cover aviation stories, like the July 6, 2013, crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214. During his leisure, he likes exploring the outdoors, and working on wood, such as a carpenter, joiner, cabinet-maker, or golfing.
Jon Scott Income
Scott receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Jon Scott Net Worth
Through Scott’s career as an Anchor/Reporter, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1million and $1.5 million.
Jon Scott Political Affiliation
There is no information regarding Scott engaging in any political affiliation.
Jon Scott Facebook and Twitter
Scott is active on his social media accounts. He has about 58,000 followers on his Facebook Page and about 54,170 followers on his Twitter account.