Over the years, Ainsley Earhardt has grown into one of Fox News' most visible personalities.
However, her evolution from small-time South Carolina reporter to big-time national morning show host didn’t happen overnight.
She has co-hosted “Fox & Friends” for over a decade after working as a correspondent.
But how did she get from her humble roots to the legendary News Corp building in New York City?
Here’s a look at Ainsley Earhardt’s transformation.
“God changed my life,” Earhardt said toPeople.
“I need him so much.
I would say I go to church not because I’m good, but because I need to go.
Ainsley Earhardt, however, made a jump from biology to communications.
Years earlier, Earhardt had her heart set on being an actor which her parents were firmly against.
“I’m so glad I chose this.
I would have been just a fine orthodontist, but this is my passion,” she toldElle.
“I swear it’s not work for me.
I can’t believe this is my job.”
Given her training and conventionally attractive appearance, Earhardt had no trouble landing her first job, though.
In fact, she was hired by CBS affiliate station WLTX before even earning her diploma.
Clearly, none of this has been an issue in the years since.
She started her new job at another CBS affiliate station, KENS-TV, in 2005.
“Everybody knew she was a star,” Deborah Knapp, an anchorwoman for KENS-TV, said toElle.
I’m in such a different place now than I was when I got to Fox.
It’s all happened there.
“The Fox family has completely embraced me through it all.”
The couple started trying for a baby when Earhardt got the itch a couple of years later.
It took the couple eight months to conceive, and they were naturally thrilled when they finally did.
Rainbow baby Hayden DuBose Proctor was born on November 6, 2015.
“I understood why I had that miscarriage,” she explained toThe Conservateur.
“I’ll meet her in heaven.
“I’m in the job I always wanted, and I worked so hard to get here.
I worked across the country, weekends, late night, overnight.
“I was on the campaign trail; I went to both conventions.
I’ve seen this country.
I’ve met celebrities, soldiers fighting for this country, and people providing scholarships for our children.
I worked crazy hours and loved every single minute of it, and I’m grateful.
I’m finally in the job I love.”
She has also confirmed she has no plans of leaving until they push her out the door.
“I really have finally found that peace and that happiness.
I finally feel free and to know that my goals have been met.
I just feel content.”
She appeared as herself in a 2020 TV movie, “Christmas in the Rockies,” for example.
But her biggest side job has been that of an author, most notably of children’s books.
The latter was inspired by her mother, who had become ill after a stroke.
As I grew older, I began saying it to friends and family,” Earhardt said toCity Lifestyle.
“It became my common response to birthday celebrations on ‘Fox & Friends.'”
In 2018, Proctor filed for divorce from his wife just one day after she announced their separation.
Proctor vehemently denied the claims, and Earhardt has never confirmed them in public.
Earhardt has expressed only positive feelings about Proctor, with whom she co-parents daughter Hayden.
Many fans do not realize that Earhardt’s six-year marriage to Proctor was not her first failed marriage.
In the early years of her career, Earhardt was married to her college sweetheart, Kevin McKinney.
In fact, she was with McKinney when she first started at Fox News Channel in 2007.
Their romance was well-known, even though the duo attempted to hide it for years before finally coming clean.
For instance, in 2019, Earhardt praised President Donald Trump for losing $1 billion.
Earhardt’s statements were seen as especially concerning given Fox News’s older-skewing demographic.
