Meet NCS anchor Jake Tapper’s wife and two children – including his daughter who became a published author at 11

Since becoming a member of NCS in 2013, Jake Tapper has change into one of the vital well-known faces on TV. The celebrated journalist and NCS’s chief Washington correspondent continues to tell us with his award-winning present, The Lead with Jake Tapper, in addition to being an acclaimed author and debate moderator.

So who is Jake Tapper when he’s not masking all the newest White House information? We’re taking a look at Jake’s loving household, from his wife of two a long time, who has lengthy been concerned in advocacy work, to his two children who could possibly be following of their father’s footsteps.

They met at a lodge bar

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It’s no shock that Jake met his wife, who’s additionally concerned with politics, in the course of the Iowa caucuses in 2004. Then a reporter for Good Morning America, Jake observed Jennifer, who was working for Planned Parenthood at the time, at a lodge bar – and the remainder was historical past.

“I saw her and I walked up to her and we went out the next day in D.C. and that was it,” he instructed the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine in 2016. When requested if it was an “A-plus date”, Jake confessed, “It was for me. It was worth a second date for her is all I can say.”

Jennifer is a main advocate and volunteer

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The couple have been married since 2006, and will rejoice their 20-year anniversary this 12 months. Jake additionally revealed in 2016 that Jennifer was working for the organisation Upstream, which works to make contraception extra accessible within the US.

Outside of her personal work and accompanying Jake to quite a few press occasions and crimson carpets, Jennifer additionally has a monitor document of volunteering in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood. Speaking to the Washingtonian in 2015, she revealed that she volunteered with AmeriCorps’ studying companions program, which helps younger children be taught to learn.

“That time every week allows me to understand that people need each other, and the most important thing we can do every day is to be kind.”

His daughter is a published author

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Jake and Jennifer are dad and mom to two children – daughter Alice Paul, aged 18 and son Jack, born in 2009. It seems their eldest could possibly be following within the footsteps of her dad and mom. At simply 11-years-old, Alice published her first e-book, Raise Your Hand (2019), which teaches younger women the significance of being extra assured within the classroom. 

Alice revealed to NCS in 2022 that she virtually died after affected by sepsis, which was misdiagnosed as appendicitis. Since then, she’s published one other e-book, Use Your Voice (2024), encouraging children to advocate for his or her well being, and even spoke at the CDC press conference on sepsis in 2023 alongside her mother.

He regularly shares household insights

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When he’s not selling his newest e-book or interview, Jake regularly shares heartwarming glimpses into his household life on his Instagram web page – and it’s clear each he and his son are die-hard Eagles fans. 

Jake and his son have additionally joined Alice for a number of TikTok dances, which had been performed dwell on-air throughout an look on The Jennifer Hudson Show in 2024.”I don’t suppose I realised that was posted!” Jake jokingly admitted.