Bret Baier, American Special Reporter for Fox News, was born on August 4, 1970, in Rumson, New Jersey in the United States of America.
He was born to Pat Baier and Bill Baier. Her family is of mixed German and Irish descent. Bret Baier is married to Amy Baier and has two children; Paul Francis Baier and Daniel Baier.
He was raised Catholic and graduated from Marist School in Atlanta, Georgia, a private Roman Catholic high school, in 1988.
Baier then enrolled at DePauw Methodist University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and English in 1992. He joined the Sigma Chi fraternity at DePauw and the Xi chapter.
He co-hosts Fox News Channel’s Special Report with Bret Baier and is also the network’s chief political correspondent. He previously served as the network’s chief correspondent at the Pentagon and the White House.
In 2007, he was named White House correspondent for Fox News, where he covered the administration of George W. Bush. Since autumn 2007, he has replaced the presenter of the Brit Hume special report on Fridays.
Before joining WRAL-TV, then a CBS affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina, Baier began his television career at regional station WJWJ TV16 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
In 1998, he sent Fox News an audition tape and the network hired him to run its Atlanta bureau. He traveled from Georgia to Arlington, Virginia, on September 11, 2001, to cover the attack on the Pentagon.
He was hired as the network’s correspondent at the Pentagon, never returned to the Atlanta bureau and spent five years in that role, making 11 trips to Afghanistan and 13 to Iraq.
On December 23, 2008, Hume announced that Baier would take over as host of the Special Report and host its farewell episode. On January 5, 2009, he hosted his first show as a permanent anchor.
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in October 2021, Baier discussed his recently published book, To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876.
Bret Baier Children: Meet Paul Francis Baier and Daniel Baier
Bret Baier and his wife Amy Baier were blessed with two children; Paul Francis Baier and Daniel Baier in their sixteen-year marriage.
His son Paul Francis Baier was born with a life-threatening heart defect on June 29, 2007, but recovered from his fatal heart defect after several surgeries. Paul reportedly underwent his sixth successful open heart surgery on September 19, 2013 before his recovery. Paul is currently fifteen years old.
Bret and Amy Baier’s other son, Daniel Baier, was also born on July 7, 2010 and weighs 7 lbs. 13 oz. He is the youngest son of Bret Baier and his wife Amy Baier. Daniel is 12 years old.
It seems that he was born without a serious heart defect like his older brother Paul Francis Baier. There are actually no other details about him on the internet.