Jedediah Bila

A. Jedediah Louisa Bila (born January 29, 1979) is an American television host, author, and columnist. She is known for her time as a co-host on The View and as an anchor on the weekend edition of Fox & Friends.

Jedediah Bila
Born
A. Jedediah Louisa Bila[1][2]

(1979-01-29) January 29, 1979
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Alma materB.A., Wagner College
M.A., Columbia University
OccupationAuthor, television personality
Spouse(s)
Jeremy Scher
(
m. 2018)
Children1
Websitejedediahbila.com

She has written columns for websites such as FoxNews.com, Verily, Human Events, The Daily Caller, and Townhall.[3]

Background

Bila was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Staten Island.[4][5] She is of Italian descent.[6]

In 2000, Bila graduated from Wagner College with a B.A. in Spanish, and has an M.A. in Spanish literature from Columbia University.[5] In 2005, she began teaching in New York.[7] She taught creative writing, Spanish, and improvisation to middle school, high school, and college students.[8] She also served as a teacher, student advisor, and academic dean at the Birch Wathen Lenox School preparatory school in Manhattan's Upper East Side.[7]

Television career

Bila's transition from education to politics came in 2009, when she reviewed talk radio host Mark Levin's book Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto on her blog. Levin later read the review on air, prompting Fox News' Sean Hannity to invite her on his television show.[7]

In 2011, she appeared as a guest on Hannity and Red Eye, soon expanding her role as commentator to other networks, including CNBC and MSNBC.[9] In 2013, she joined the Fox News team, and in April 2014 she began appearing as a co-host and panelist on Outnumbered, The Five, and other programs.[10][11]

In August 2016, Bila announced her departure from Fox News to join ABC's The View as a permanent co-host during the show's 20th season.[12] While on the show, Bila served as the conservative voice to contrast the liberal co-hosts.[13] Bila departed The View on September 18, 2017.[14] Bila made a return guest appearance on The View on October 17, 2018.

In 2017, Bila hosted the Lifetime special Abby Tells All.[15] She appears occasionally on The Greg Gutfeld Show[16] and The Five, and appears on several Sirius XM shows.[17] In April 2019, she was named as a permanent co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend.[18]

Books

In 2011, Bila published her first book Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative, an autobiographical recounting of her experiences as a conservative living and teaching in Manhattan during the 2008 presidential election.[19]

In 2018, her second book #DONOTDISTURB: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life was published by HarperCollins.[20]

Personal life

In early 2018, after an eight-month engagement, Bila married Jeremy Scher, a corporate strategist and graduate of Rice University.[21] The couple welcomed their first child, a boy, in November 2019.[22] On April 9, 2020, Bila revealed that she and her husband had contracted COVID-19 and that the two were recovering from the virus.[23]

Bila has stated that she is not a Democrat or a Republican, and that she has a "strong libertarian streak."[24][25] She is a registered independent.[26]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2017 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Candace Cameron Bure, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Raven-Symoné)		 Nominated [27]
2018 Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Meghan McCain)		 Nominated [28]

References
  1. "'Outnumbered' panel discuss their monikers". Fox News. May 14, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. "Twitter / JedediahBila: Louisa. RT @middlenamegame". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  3. "Jedediah Bila Articles - Political Columnist & Commentator - Jedediah Bila". Townhall. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  4. "Jedediah Bila on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  5. "Manhattan's outspoken conservative: An interview with Jedediah Bila | Washington Times Communities". February 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  6. "Jedediah Bila on Twitter". Retrieved August 30, 2018. Yes, tweeps. I'm Italian. 100%. Sicily/Naples. I have the temper--and the appetite--to prove it. Also, the accent (when cranky).
  7. "FPR Interviews – Jedediah Bila". FORDHAM POLITICAL REVIEW. October 26, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  8. De Pasquale, Lisa (July 16, 2011). "Lisa De Pasquale Channeling Wonder Woman with Jedediah Bila". Human Events. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  9. RuBegonia (November 3, 2011), Jedediah Bila ~ Great American Panelist ~ Hannity 11/03/11, retrieved June 11, 2018
  10. Rosenberg, Alyssa (April 28, 2014). "Fox News's 'Outnumbered' debuts, and the joke is on liberals". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  11. "Jedediah Bila | Young America's Foundation". Young America's Foundation. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  12. Melas, Chloe. "Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Jedediah Bila join 'The View'". CNNMoney. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  13. Wilstein, Matt (September 13, 2017). "'The View' Presses Hillary Clinton: Why Focus on 'The Past'?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  14. "Jedediah Bila is leaving 'The View'". ABC News. September 18, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  15. "Watch Abby Tells All Full Episode - Dance Moms | Lifetime". Lifetime. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  16. Today's Media 2018 (April 5, 2018), The Greg Gutfeld Show - Saturday March 17 2018, retrieved June 11, 2018
  17. JennyMcCarthyTV (April 20, 2018), Jedediah Bila on The Jenny McCarthy Show, retrieved June 11, 2018
  18. de Moraes, Lisa (April 24, 2019). "Jedediah Bila named co-host of Fox and Friends Weekend". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  19. Bila, Jedediah (May 10, 2011). Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative. Jedediah Bila. ISBN 978-0983576808.
  20. "Kirkus Review". Kirkus Reviews. August 13, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  21. "'View' cohost gets engaged in Bucks County". Philly.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  22. Bjornson, Greta; Leon, Anya (November 18, 2019). "It's a Boy! Fox & Friends' Jedediah Bila Welcomes Son Hartley Luca: 'So Filled with Love'". People. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  23. Concha, Joe (April 9, 2020). "Fox News host Jedediah Bila says she has coronavirus". The Hill. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  24. "Jedediah Bila on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved September 19, 2016. I started out with a libertarian streak. Then I had highlights. Now I'm pretty close to a full-on libertarian dye job.
  25. "Jedediah Bila on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved September 19, 2016. I'm not a Republican or a Democrat. Allegiance is to principle, not party. #limitedgovernment #freedom #personalresponsibility #Constitution
  26. "Jedediah Bila on Twitter". Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  27. Evans, Greg (March 22, 2017). "2017 Daytime Emmy Nominations: CBS Leads Networks With 70 Noms, 'Young & Restless' Tops With 25". Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  28. Montgomery, Daniel (March 21, 2018). "2018 Daytime Emmy nominations: Full list of nominees for 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Media offices
Preceded by
Michelle Collins		 The View co-host
2016–2017		 Succeeded by
Meghan McCain
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