Jon Scott

Jon Scott: Biography in Details

Who is Jon Scott?

Jon Scott is an American news anchor. Currently, he is the co-host of Happening Now and Fox News Watch for the Fox News channel.

He was widely famous for his coverage of the World Trade Attack, as he anchored it as fresh news.

Jon Scott: Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Parents, Siblings

Jonathan Arthur Scott was born on November 7, 1958, in Denver, Colorado, the U.S. of Scottish ancestry.

However, we are unknown of his parent’s identity. Although, he shared that his mother supported him a lot during his growing years.

But we know that his brother fought in the Vietnam War as an infantryman. Jon was raised in his hometown.

And as of now, we are not familiar with many of his childhood facts and memories.

Jon Scott’s Education

As regards Jon Scott’s academic qualification, he completed his high school education from Denver Lutheran High School. In addition, he is a graduate of the University of Missouri in Journalism.

Jon Scott: Early Professional Life, Career

The start of his professional career was his work for KOMU-TV as a correspondent. During Jon’s long professional career he has worked for various television channels including, WPLG-TV and KUSA-TV which are the subsidiaries of NBC.

Jon Scott actually came to light as the correspondent for an American reality legal show Dateline NBC on three years career starting from 1992.

Eventually, Jon Scott joined Fox News in 1966 and has been working there ever since. His most renowned coverage and reports include the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 and the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom in CENTCOM. He was the studio anchor for Fox News during the coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden.

Jon Scott also is qualified to pilot the single-engine airplanes. And in 2013 he used his qualification to cover the crash Asian Airlines Flight 214. That is when the viewers recognized him as a multitalented person.

Public recognize his from the various shows including, Happening Now, Fox News Watch, and A Current Affair.

Lifetime Achievements, Awards

As regards Jon’s awards and achievements, he received an Emmy Award for his outstanding news writing for the program Dateline.

Jon Scott: Salary, Net Worth

Jon Scott’s salary is around $74,000 per annum. And, his net worth is $2 million as of 2022.

Jon Scott’s Rumors, Controversy

As of now, there are not any rumors about Jon’s personal and professional life.

However, there are some controversial topics relating to Jon. Recently in 2017, his harsh and racist comment, ‘Just an aside to the Muslim community, if you don’t want to be portrayed in a negative light, maybe don’t burn people alive and set off bombs and things like that.’ which he stated on Fox & Friend was highly criticized on the media.

In addition, he was criticized for copying a Republican party press release. The copying was noticed as there was the same typographical error as on the original document. Later, he apologized for the error but didn’t talk about plagiarism.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Jon Scott has gray hair, blue eyes, and fair skin.

However, many trusted domains are unknown to the details of his actual body measurements.

Social Media Profiles

Jon Scott is active on Facebook and Twitter but not on Instagram.

He has more than 57K followers on Facebook. In addition, he has more than 54.2K followers on Twitter.

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