Jedediah Bila

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Born
Jedediah Louisa Bila

(1979-01-29) January 29, 1979 (age 45)
New York City, U.S.
Education Wagner College (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Occupation(s)Television host, podcaster, author
Spouse
Jeremy Scher
​
(m. 2018)​
Children1
Website Official website

Jedediah Louisa Bila [1] (born January 29, 1979) [2] is an American podcast host and former television host. She is known for her time as a co-host on the daytime talk show The View from 2016 to 2017 and as an anchor on the weekend edition of the morning news and talk program Fox & Friends from 2019 to 2021. She has also written two books. In June 2022, she was named the host of a podcast called Jedediah Bila LIVE on Valuetainment.

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Life and career

Background

Bila was born and raised in Staten Island. [3] She is of Italian descent. [4] She is a graduate of Wagner College, and has a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University. [5] In 2005, she began teaching in New York. [6] She taught creative writing, Spanish, and improvisation to middle school, high school, and college students. [7] She has also served as an academic dean at a private school in New York City. [5]

Television career

Bila's transition from education to politics came in 2009, when she reviewed radio host Mark Levin's book Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto on her blog. Levin later read the review on air, prompting television host Sean Hannity to invite her on his Fox News program, Hannity . [6] She joined Fox News as a contributor in 2013. [8] In April 2014, she began appearing as a panelist on the daytime talk show Outnumbered . [9] [10] She also appeared regularly on the talk show The Five . [8]

In August 2016, Bila departed Fox News to join the ABC daytime talk show The View as a permanent co-host during its 20th season. [11] While on the show, she served as the conservative voice to contrast the liberal co-hosts. [12] In 2017, she interviewed television personality Abby Lee Miller for the special Abby Tells All on Lifetime . [13] That same year, Bila departed The View on September 18. [14]

She rejoined Fox News as a contributor in November 2018. [8] In April 2019, she was named a permanent co-host of the morning news and talk program Fox & Friends Weekend . [15] Bila parted ways with Fox News in May 2021. [16]

A year after her departure from Fox, Bila started her own podcast on Valuetainment entitled Jedediah Bila LIVE on June 8, 2022. [17]

Books

Bila published her first book, Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative, in 2011. It is an autobiographical recounting of her experiences as a conservative living and teaching in Manhattan during the 2008 United States presidential election. [18] In 2018, her second book, titled #DONOTDISTURB: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life, was published by HarperCollins. [19]

Personal life

Bila married Jeremy Scher in February 2018. [20] They have one child together, a son. [21]

Bila describes herself as "having libertarian political leanings". [5]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
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 [22]
2018 Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Meghan McCain)		Nominated [23]

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  2. ↑ "AM-Prep-Today in Entertainment History". Associated Press. January 29, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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  4. ↑ Bila, Jedediah [@jedediahbila] (November 7, 2013). "Yes, tweeps. I'm Italian. 100%. Sicily/Naples. I have the temper – and the appetite – to prove it. Also, the accent (when cranky)" (Tweet). Retrieved August 30, 2018– via Twitter.
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