Meghan McCain- Biography
Meghan McCain, born Meghan Marguerite McCain, is an American conservative columnist, novelist, and television personality. She has previously worked for ABC News, Fox News, and MSNBC, among others. McCain rose to fame in the media on her own in 2007 with her blog, McCain Blogette, which chronicled life on the campaign trail during her father’s 2008 presidential campaign. In 2009, she became a contributing writer for The Daily Beast. From 2016 to 2017, she co-hosted the daytime chat show Outnumbered, after which she co-hosted the daytime talk show The View. She announced her retirement from the show in July 2021.
What is the Net Worth of Meghan McCain? Salary, Earnings
McCain’s net worth is $10 million as of this writing, owing to her best-selling books and cable news contributor jobs, as well as her compensation on “The View,” which is roughly $3 million.
Meghan McCain- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education
She is the eldest of Senator John McCain’s four children with Cindy Hensley McCain. She was born on October 23, 1984, in Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Phoenix Country Day School as well as Xavier College Preparatory, a private Catholic secondary school for girls. John ran for President as a ‘Republican’ in 2008. Cindy is a business owner from the United States. McCain is the first of John and Cindy McCain’s four children, and she has spent her entire life in the public eye.
She made her first public appearance at the Republican National Convention in 1996. In Phoenix, Arizona, Meghan attended ‘Phoenix Country Day School’ and ‘Xavier College Preparatory High School.’ She continued her education at ‘Columbia University,’ where she earned a bachelor’s degree in art history. McCain aspired to be a music journalist and interned at Newsweek and Saturday Night Live.
Quick Facts
| Real Name | Meghan Marguerite McCain |
| Birth Date | October 23, 1984 |
| Age (as of 2024) | 36 Years |
| Birth Place | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Columnist, Author & Television Host |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Sun sign | Scorpio |
Meghan McCain- Relationship, Married Life
In July 2017, Meghan married conservative writer and commentator Ben Domenech. On November 21, 2017, McCain’s family ranch in Page Springs, Arizona, hosted their wedding. McCain disclosed in July 2019 that she had a miscarriage the previous year. She gave birth to the couple’s first child, a girl named Liberty, in the year 2020. McCain has frequently praised her husband’s cooking.
Meghan McCain’s Professional Career
Meghan worked as an intern at Newsweek and Saturday Night Live with the intention of becoming a music journalist. Fate, on the other hand, had different plans for her. While working on her father’s presidential campaign, she started her blog, the ‘McCain Blogette.’ Her views on fashion, music, pop culture and social issues made her well-known. She also maintained a blog about her campaign experiences, which garnered a lot of attention. Her audience helped popularize her views of view, and she went on to become an award-winning blogger. Her readership got her a job as a columnist for ‘The Daily Beast’ in 2009. She also began working as an MSNBC contributor. That was the beginning of a long and fruitful career in journalism for her.
Author
Meghan’s March 2009 post garnered harsh criticism from radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham. The post headlined “My Beef with Ann Coulter,” called conservative author Ann Coulter’s “Republican” support into doubt. She also signed a book deal with ‘Hyperion’ in 2009. Meghan published a book titled ‘My Father, John McCain’ in 2008. She earned a prize as a listener on the game show “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” in 2010. ‘Dirty Sexy Politics,’ her next book, was released the following year. Her memoir about her campaign was met with varied reactions. While the ‘New York Times’ labeled it as a coming-of-age story about herself,’ critic Leon H Wolf had nothing good to say about it.
Television
She started working as an analyst on ‘MSNBC’ in 2011, when she rapidly became entangled in a heated argument with 2012 ‘Republican’ presidential contender Newt Gingrich, provoking a reaction from blogs. The website “Gawker” branded her a “noted idiot.” Her second book, ‘America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom,’ was published in 2012. She worked on the book with comedian Michael Ian Black after spending a month on road trips with him.
The book detailed her father’s electoral efforts in the United States, as well as an attack on her younger sister. Her own chat program, ‘Raising McCain,’ debuted on ‘Pivot’ in September 2013. The show was canceled at the beginning of 2014. She began working as a co-host on the show “TakePart Live” in May of 2014. She appeared alongside Jacob Soboroff on the show. Despite the fact that it was discontinued in December of 2014. ‘Fox News’ also signed her as a contributor in 2015.
She joined the cast of ‘Outnumbered’ as a regular co-host on November 14, 2016. However, the show was canceled a year later. McCain was eventually given the opportunity to become the 21st co-host of the legendary American talk show “The View” in 2017. She officially joined the show as a co-host on October 9, 2017. Meghan was granted the opportunity to co-host the show after Jedediah Bila quit. She recently announced her departure from “The View,” and she will soon unveil her future intentions.
Social Media Details
Meghan McCain does not have an official presence on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.
Trivia
- Senator John McCain, Meghan’s father, died at the age of 81 after a battle with brain cancer.
- Meghan has voiced her grief and said that the death was really traumatic for her.
- At her father’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral, she delivered a eulogy.
- Throughout her life, she was an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights and sex education.
- Meghan, like her father, is an environmentalist.
- When she was 18 years old, she voted as an independent for John Kerry.
- However, during the 2008 presidential election, she changed her opinion and became a “Republican” supporter in order to help her father.
- Despite her celebrity, Meghan has yet to get any awards. For her work on ‘Raising McCain,’ she was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for ‘Outstanding Talk Show Episode’ in 2014.
- For her participation on ‘The View,’ she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host’ in 2018.
