Eugene Daniels

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Born
Eugene Anthony Daniels II

(1989-02-12) February 12, 1989 (age 35)
Fort Cavazos, TX
Education Colorado State University(BA)
OccupationJournalist
Employer Politico
Spouse
Nathan Thomas Stephens
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(m. 2022)​

Eugene Anthony Daniels-Stephens II [1] (born February 12, 1989) is an American journalist. [2] He serves as a White House correspondent and Playbook author for Politico. [3] Daniels has been a MSNBC contributor since 2021. [4] He is also the vice president of the White House Correspondents' Association and will be the president beginning in June 2024 through June 2025. [5] [6]

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Early life and education

Daniels was born in Fort Cavazos, Texas (formerly Fort Hood, Texas) on February 12, 1989. [7] Daniels' father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and was deployed several times to Iraq following the 9/11 attacks and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. [8] He attended Shoemaker High School in Killeen, Texas where he played football. On December 12, 2006, Daniels committed to play NCAA Division I football at Colorado State University. He signed a letter of intent on February 7, 2007. [9]

Daniels was a defensive lineman at Colorado State University where he majored in political science, later switching to journalism. [10] He was a redshirt freshman for the 2007-08 season. [11] On August 20, 2009, Daniels was taken to the hospital following heat-related health issues during a team practice. [12] In 2010, just before his junior season, Daniels injured his shoulder. He continued as a part of the team but stopped playing due to his shoulder injury. [13] He began to focus more on his journalism career. At the 2011 NCAA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, Daniels successfully ran for vice-chair of the Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. [13] He graduated from Colorado State University in 2012. [14]

Career

Daniels joined Politico in 2018, covering the 2018 midterm elections. [3] During the 2020 presidential election, Daniels covered the Andrew Yang campaign. [10] He is now a White House correspondent for Politico, covering Vice President Kamala Harris, First Lady Jill Biden, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. [15] Daniels is also a co-author of Politico's Playbook, a daily early-morning email newsletter. He is the first Black and first openly LGBTQ author of the newsletter. [16]

In 2021, Daniels was named a MSNBC contributor. [4] In April 2022, he was promoted to senior contributor on Morning Joe . [16] He regularly appears as a panelist on NBC's Meet the Press.

In July 2022, Daniels was elected treasurer of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) for 2024-25. [17] Kaitlan Collins of CNN was elected president but resigned in September due to her promotion as co-anchor on CNN This Morning . [18] [19] According to WHCA bylaws, in the event that the president-elect is unable to serve, the person elected treasurer becomes president. As such, Daniels was designated president of the WHCA for 2024-25. He accepted the call to serve by saying, “I am both humbled and full of excitement to serve and for all that we will do together." [6] He will serve as the president of the WHCA during the 2024 presidential election.

Personal life

Daniels came out as gay in 2016. [20] On October 29, 2022, he married Nathan Thomas Stephens in the Evergreen Museum & Library in Baltimore, Maryland. [21]

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