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 Beckwith in 2024 | ||||||||||
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| Born | Jordan Beckwith | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2018–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.06 million [1] | |||||||||
| Views | 649 million [1] | |||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||
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Last updated: July 24, 2025 | ||||||||||
Jordan 'Jo' Beckwith is an American YouTuber and activist also known as Footless Jo. She is a below-knee amputee whose content focuses on disability and mental health awareness.
When she was 13, Beckwith fell off a horse while riding in Colorado Springs, fracturing her ankle. She subsequently underwent many surgeries, but continued to experience chronic pain and limited functionality. [2]
Beckwith began her YouTube channel, Footless Jo, during her recovery from amputation in 2018. [3] In 2019, the channel became more prominent following a video she released titled, "How I Said Goodbye to My Ankle". That video went viral and garnered over 8 million views. [2] Footless Jo focuses on amputation, disability, and mental health. Beckwith's second channel, Trauma Talk, which she stopped posting to in 2021, [4] explored living in the aftermath of trauma.
In 2021, Beckwith partnered with Shades for Migraine in a media campaign to raise awareness about migraines. [5] She has said her migraines, which began in her 20s, are more debilitating and difficult than being an amputee. [6] Beckwith appeared in a 2024 commercial for the migraine medication Nurtec ODT, which also featured Lady Gaga. [7]
As of May 2024, Footless Jo has 1.01 million subscribers. Beckwith also has 118,000 followers on Instagram and 744,200 followers on TikTok. [2]
Beckwith lives in Colorado. [8] In 2018, at age 27, Beckwith began considering amputation after being told that an ankle replacement, the other treatment option, would only delay amputation for another 1.5–5 years. [9] She underwent a below-knee amputation on October 11, 2018 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. [10] [8]
On August 27, 2015, Beckwith married Brian Thomas. [11] The two divorced in 2022. [12]
Beckwith is a stroke survivor. She experienced a cerebellar occipital stroke on January 28, 2024, while practicing jiu-jitsu. [13]
Beckwith spent several years as a follower of Charismatic Christianity and was a devout conservative Christian until early adulthood. She has since used her online platform to criticize the movement's faith-healing doctrine and no longer subscribes to this belief or belongs to a specific religious denomination. [14]
