Jennifer Griffin

Jennifer is the daughter of John W. Griffin, a partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm, and Carolyn J. Griffin, the producing director of Metrostage, a theater in Alexandria, Virginia. A 1992 graduate of Harvard University, Griffin has a bachelor's degree in comparative politics.[1]

Griffin initially reported for a newspaper in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she covered Nelson Mandela's release from imprisonment and other events in South Africa's transition away from apartheid. She covered Middle Eastern affairs for the Associated Press and National Public Radio before joining Fox News in 1999.

In 2009, Griffin was forced to leave the airwaves after she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer.[2] Following successful treatment, she returned to work in 2010 [3] as a National Security correspondent for Fox News.

In September 2020, an uproar arose after Griffin, citing anonymous sources, confirmed key details of an article in The Atlantic [4] that reported President Donald Trump had characterized veterans and fallen American soldiers as "losers" and "suckers." The report had been previously confirmed by the Associated Press and The Washington Post. Trump and several aides who said they were present at the time denied the report, with the president and others calling for Griffin to resign. Numerous reporters, including some from Fox News, defended Griffin's integrity. She stood by her report, characterizing her sources as "unimpeachable."[5][6][7][8]

In October 1994, Griffin married Greg Myre, a journalist who is NPR's digital editor for international news and has reported for the Associated Press and The New York Times.[9] Griffin and Myre have three children, Annalise Myre, Amelia Myre and Luke Myre.[10]

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• Official FNC bio
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  • C-SPAN Q&A interview with Griffin, June 25, 2006