Ainsley Earhardt is the co-host of FOX News Channel's (FNC) FOX & Friends (weekdays 6-9AM/ET) alongside Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade and Lawrence Jones. She joined the network in 2007.Read More
Earhardt was named co-host of FOX & Friends in 2016, which has been the number one morning program in cable news for 22 consecutive years. As co-host, she has conducted exclusive interviews with President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, as well as then Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence.
In addition to her role on FOX & Friends, Earhardt hosted Ainsley's Bible Study on FOX News Media’s streaming service FOX Nation. Earhardt is also the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including three #1 children’s picture books, Take Heart, My Child: A Mother's Dream , Through Your Eyes: My Child's Gift to Me and I'm So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are and her 2019 memoir, The Light Within Me: An Inspirational Memoir. In May 2024, the University of South Carolina, Earhardt’s alma mater, awarded her with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree for her professional achievements in the broadcast news industry and as an author.
Prior to joining FOX & Friends First in 2013, Earhardt served as a New York based correspondent for the network. In that capacity, she covered high-profile news stories, including the arrest of kidnapper Ariel Castro in Cleveland, the fatal 2013 EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 8.0-magnitude earthquake in China. Earhardt also provided live coverage of Pope Francis' visit to New York City, the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, the Fort Hood military base massacre, the Veterans Affairs hospital investigation in Phoenix, AZ and the murder investigation involving the New England Patriot’s Aaron Hernandez.
Before joining FNC, she served as an anchor for KENS-TV (CBS) in San Antonio, Texas and WLTX-TV (CBS) in Columbia, SC, where she was named "Best Personality of the Year" in Columbia Metropolitan Magazine. Earhardt graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in journalism.
