Jo Beckwith | |
|---|---|
 Beckwith in 2024 | |
| Born | Jordan Beckwith |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Subscribers | 1.06 million |
| Views | 651 million |
| Last updated: July 24, 2025 | |
| Website | www |
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. [1]
Beckwith began her YouTube channel, Footless Jo, during her recovery from amputation in 2018. [2] 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. [1] Footless Jo focuses on amputation, disability, and mental health. Beckwith's second channel, Trauma Talk, which she stopped posting to in 2021, [3] explored living in the aftermath of trauma.
In 2021, Beckwith partnered with Shades for Migraine in a media campaign to raise awareness about migraines. [4] She has said her migraines, which began in her 20s, are more debilitating and difficult than being an amputee. [5] Beckwith appeared in a 2024 commercial for the migraine medication Nurtec ODT, which also featured Lady Gaga. [6]
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. [1]
Beckwith lives in Colorado. [7] 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. [8] She underwent a below-knee amputation on October 11, 2018, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. [9] [7]
On August 27, 2015, Beckwith married Brian Thomas. [10] The two divorced in 2022. [11]
Beckwith is a stroke survivor. She experienced a cerebellar occipital stroke on January 28, 2024, while practicing jiu-jitsu. [12]
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. [13]