Joe Del Campo | |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
July 4, 1943
Residence | Vero Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Education | |
Occupation | FBI agent, private investigator, television personality |
Television | Survivor: Kaôh Rōng |
Children | 3 |
Website | delcampo |
Joseph P. Del Campo (born July 4, 1943), commonly known as Joe Del Campo, is an American FBI agent and private investigator best known for competing on the reality competition show Survivor.
Del Campo was born July 4, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Father Judge High School in Philadelphia, then enrolled at nearby La Salle University, majoring in Spanish. Part of his college curriculum had him studying abroad, at the University of Madrid. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at La Salle in 1967.
Following college, Del Campo enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, during which time he attended Aviation Officer Candidate School at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. After issues with his sinuses prevented him from completing his pilot accreditation, he was transferred to Miami where he began working in the field of intelligence. One of his duties was to keep Cuban spies from infiltrating the refugee population entering the United States.
Del Campo left the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant (junior grade) in 1971. From there, he joined the FBI as a special agent in Urbana, Illinois. He would spend the next 25 years with the Bureau, working all over the country in such places as Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, Miami, and Philadelphia.