Ainsley Earhardt

Ainsley Earhardt
Earhardt in 2011
Born	(1976-09-20) 20 September 1976 (age 40) Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Residence	New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	University of South Carolina
Occupation	Television news anchor and correspondent
Years active	2000–present
Employer	Fox Entertainment Group
Home town	Columbia, South Carolina
Spouse(s)	Will Proctor (m. 2012)

Ainsley Earhardt (born September 20, 1976) is a television personality for Fox News. She is the co-host of Fox & Friends and also reports for Hannity with her own segment called "Ainsley Across America". Since joining the network, she has also co-hosted Fox and Friends Weekend, Fox's All-American New Year's Eve, America's News Headquarters, been a panelist on The Live Desk and appeared on Greg Gutfeld's Red Eye.

Earhardt grew up in North and South Carolina. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as a small child her family moved to the Foxcroft area of Charlotte, North Carolina. She attended Sharon Elementary School. Coincidentally, other Fox News on-air correspondents Heather Childers and Anna Kooiman attended the same elementary school, although at different times and none were classmates. Earhardt's family moved to the Columbia, South Carolina area when she was still in elementary school. Earhardt graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1995.

After high school, she attended Florida State University (FSU) on a leadership and academic scholarship, majoring in biology. Earhardt served the student body as a senator in student government. She then transferred to the University of South Carolina (USC) after deciding to pursue a degree in journalism. Earhardt has a bachelor of arts degree (B.A.) in Journalism from the University of South Carolina (1999). While in college, she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi (Iota (FSU) & Beta Epsilon (USC) chapters) sorority, was inducted into four honor societies, won the Caroliniana Creed Award based on character, leadership and personality and was elected to the University's Homecoming Court.