Juan Williams Bio-Wiki, Age,Wife, Fox News, The Five, and Net Worth

This article will answer every question you have about Juan Williams. Below are some of the frequently asked questions about him.

What does Williams do for a living?
Who are Williams’s parents and siblings?
What are Williams’s interests and hobbies?
Is Williams married or does he have a girlfriend?
Does Williams have any children?
Where is Williams now?
How tall is Williams?
How much money does Williams earn?
What is Williams’s net worth?

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Who is Juan Williams?

Juan Williams is a Panamanian-born American journalist who serves as co-host of FOX News Channel’s (FNC) The Five (weekdays 5-6PM/ET). He as well appears as a political analyst on FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace and Special Report with Bret Baier. Wiliams has had more than a 10-year career with NPR serving as a senior national correspondent and news analyst. He also had a career at The Washington Post for 23 years.

At The Washington Post, Williams covered every major political campaign from 1980 to 2000 as a national correspondent and a political columnist. In his tenure, he also interviewed numerous influential people and presidents.

In 2000, he joined NPR, serving as a host of the daily afternoon talk show Talk of the Nation. Later, he served as a senior national correspondent for National Public Radio.

After Williams made a comment on The O’Reilly Factor in 2009, NPR’s President and CEO Vivian Schiller requested Fox News stop identifying him as an NPR host. His contract was later terminated by NPR on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. This was two days after he had also made remarks on The O’Reilly Factor.

Williams also serves as a contributor to a number of national magazines. This includes Fortune, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, Ebony magazine, TIME, and also GQ. He has also contributed to a wide range of television programs. The programs include The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC’s Nightline, and Washington Week on PBS. He is also an author, having written a number of books.

Juan Williams Fox News Channel

Williams has served as Fox News contributor since 1997. He has made appearances on Special Report with Bret Baier, FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace. He also regularly co-hosts The Five. This is a part of a roundtable ensemble of FNC personalities who discuss, debate and even debunk the hot news stories, controversies, and issues of the day.

Appearing on The O’Reilly Factor regularly, Williams also served as the show’s host in O’Reilly’s absence. After his contract termination by NPR, Williams was offered $2 million as a salary raise, a three-year contract, and also expanded his role with the network which included a regular guest-host role Friday nights on The O’Reilly Factor.

How Old is Juan Williams?

Williams is 66 years old as of 2020, having been born on April 10, 1954, in Colón, Panama. He shares his birthday with other famous people such as Sofia Carson, Shay Mitchell, Ava Michelle Cota, Ynw Bslime, Daisy Ridley, among others.

Juan Williams Family

Who are Juan Williams’s parents?

Williams was born to Alma Géraldine and Rogelio L. Williams. His father was originally from the West Indies and his mother was from Panama. He legally emigrated from Panama to the United States with his mother and two siblings in a banana boat, leaving his father behind. At this time, he was four years old. They finally settled in Brooklyn, New York.

Williams has shared that his mother left behind everything she knew to give Juan and his siblings a chance at a better life. She did not want them growing up amid the gut-wrenching poverty, anti-black bigotry, and the violence that was festering in their hometown of Colon.

Does Juan Williams have siblings?

Williams has two older siblings, a brother, and a sister. He is very proud to say that with his two siblings, they are all elders in three blessed, successful families.

Juan Williams Wife

Juan has been married to Susan Delise since 1978 and they have three children together. Delise made an appearance on Fox & Friends in July 2015 teaching the hosts the right way to cook Maryland blue shell crab legs. This was a recipe from her late mother.

Juan Williams Kids

Juan and Susan have a daughter Rae Williams and two sons Antonio (Tony) and Raphael (Raffi). Rae is the eldest of the three and the only daughter. She is married to Patrick Herald and together they have two children.

His son Tony was a Senate page and intern for GOP Senator Strom Thurmond from 1996 to 1997. Tony was also a speechwriter and legislative correspondent for Republican Senator Norm Coleman from 2004 to 2006. He unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Council of the District of Columbia IN 2006, losing to Tommy Wells.

Raffi studied anthropology and played lacrosse at Haverford College which is his father’s alma mater in Pennsylvania. He has also worked for the House Rules Committee and as the communications director for Michigan Republican Dan Benishek’s successful 2012 congressional campaign.

Raffi was also a deputy press secretary for the Republican National Committee. He serves as a press secretary to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson.

Grandchildren

Juan is a grandfather to Pepper and Wesley, Rae’s twin daughters.

Juan Williams Height

Adding to his well-built body is a height of 5 feet 7 inches.

Juan Williams Salary

Williams’s salary is not yet disclosed. However, he earns considerably good in his TV career and through his books. He was offered a huge salary raise which he was handed a three-year worth $2 million by Fox News Channel after being fired by NPR.

Juan Williams Net Worth

Through his career as a journalist and author, Juan has earned greatly. He has a net worth estimate of $2 million greatly hiking as years go by.

Juan Williams Book

Williams has written a number of books. Below is a selected number of his written work.

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
This far by faith
I’ll Find a Way Or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
My soul looks back in wonder
Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-end Movements, and Culture of Failure that are
Undermining Black America– and what We Can Do about it
Muzzled
Have a Read on Me
We the People: The Modern-Day Figures Who Have Reshaped and Affirmed the
Founding Fathers’ Vision of America
What the Hell Do You Have to Lose? Trump’s War on Civil Rights

Juan Williams Awards

Throughout his journalism career, Juan has received many awards. This include,

Front Page Award, Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild (1979)
Education Writers of America (1979)
Columnist of the Year, Washingtonian (1982)
Emmy Award (1989)
Outstanding Memorial Book, Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States
Best National Book, Time
Political commentary award, American Association of University Women

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