Megyn Kelly

In September 2001, Megyn Kelly married Daniel Kendall, an anesthesiologist. The marriage lasted for five years and they divorced in 2006.

In 2008, she married Douglas Brunt, the then president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium. Later he became a full-time writer and novelist. They have three children—son Yates was born on September 25, 2009; daughter Yardley was born on April 14, 2011; and younger son Thatcher was born in July 2013.

Megyn Kelly was born on November 18, 1970, in Champaign, Illinois, USA, to Edward Kelly and Linda. Her father taught education at the State University of New York at Albany and her mother was a homemaker. At the age of 15, she lost her father due to a sudden heart attack. Later her mother took up a nursing job at the VA hospital in Albany to look after her and her two elder siblings.

She is of Irish descent on her father's side, and of Italian and German descent on her mother's side.

Initially, she attended Tecumseh Elementary School, in DeWitt, New York. When she was nine years old, her family moved to Albany, New York, a suburb of Delmar. There she attended Bethlehem Central High School.

In school she was involved in athletics, and was the captain of her cheerleading squad. In the seventh standard, she was bullied by the other students, which help her to become a bold person in future.

She had applied to Syracuse University's journalism school but was turned down. She then secured an undergraduate degree in political science from Syracuse University in 1992, and earned a J. D. from Albany Law School in 1995.

Megyn Marie Kelly joined the Chicago office of law firm Bickel & Brewer LLP as an associate. During that period, she co-wrote an article—‘The Conflicting Roles of Lawyer as Director’ for ‘Litigation,’ the American Bar Association's journal. She also worked at Jones Day for nine years as a corporate litigator. However, when her then-husband joined Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2003, the couple moved to Washington, D.C.

In 2003, she joined ABC affiliate WJLA-TV as a freelance assignment reporter. She covered important national and local events—some significant ones include live coverage of the 2004 presidential election; the hearings for the US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Jr. and Chief Justice John Roberts; the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; and the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

In 2004, she joined Fox News Channel as a Washington, D.C. correspondent. She became the co-anchor of ‘America’s Newsroom’ in 2006. During her long tenure at Fox, she was involved in several controversies including her assertions about the “whiteness” of Jesus and Santa Claus, her rejection of the label "feminist", her vocal support for same-sex marriage, and many others.

She contributed legal segments for ‘Special Report,’ and hosted her own legal segment, ‘Kelly's Court,’ during ‘Weekend Live.’ She occasionally filled in for Greta Van Susteren on ‘On the Record.’ She also contributed as a substitute anchor on weekends.

In 2010, she started her own two-hour afternoon show, ‘America Live.’ Within months, viewership for ‘America Live’ increased by 20%. She drew a lot of media attention for her coverage of the results of the 2012 US presidential election. In October 7, 2013, she started hosting ‘The Kelly File.’ This program became very popular, and was one of the highest-rated cable news programs on television.

Megyn Kelly is best known for the news television program ‘The Kelly File’ which she hosted from October 7, 2013 to January 6, 2017. The show, which featured breaking news as well as news analysis and in-depth investigative reports along with interviews, was a highly popular one which established her as a household name in America.