Ed O’Keefe Biography
Ed O’Keefe is a media personality serving as CBS News senior White House and political correspondent reporting for all CBS News platforms. He joined CBS News in April 2018. Previously, he was a congressional reporter for The Washington Post covering Congress and presidential elections.
Ed O’Keefe Age
How old is Ed O’Keefe? Ed is 40 years old as of 2023. He was born on March 28, 1983, in Albany, New York, United States of America.
Ed O’Keefe Height
He is 5 feet 8 inches approximately 1.73m or 173cm.
Ed O’Keefe Nationality
He is Guatemalan-American by nationality.
Ed O’Keefe Education
O’Keefe graduated from Bethlehem Central High School in 2001. He then joined American University and graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. While at Bethlehem Central High School, O’Keefe was student senate president, and his biggest accomplishment was helping secure funding for a bigger student parking lot. He also recorded an album of piano music during his senior year in high school. O’Keefe played piano starting at age 3 at The Music Studio in Albany. He also attended the Summer Sonatina summer piano camp in Bennington, Vt.
In college, O’Keefe spent a summer in the press office of then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (LONG before his troubles). That’s when he realized he’d rather be asking questions than answering them.
Ed O’Keefe Parents
Ed was born in Albany, New York, and is the son of Jim and Sonia O’Keefe who live in Delmar. His father grew up in the Berkshires while his mom is from Guatemala. Ed also has a sister named Ana O’Keefe. She is an artist and art teacher.
Ed O’Keefe Wife
Who is Ed O’Keefe married to? Ed is married to Valerie Hallow O’Keefe. He met his wife when they were college kids studying abroad in London and tied the knot in September 2009. The couple is blessed with two daughters Emilia who was born in October 2015 and Margot.
Ed O’Keefe CBS News
O’Keefe is CBS News’ senior White House and political correspondent reporting for all CBS News platforms. He served as the lead correspondent for the Biden-Harris campaign and presidential transition. Over the course of the 2020 campaign cycle, he led coverage of the Democratic presidential contest from the early primary states and conducted several interviews with top contenders, including Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Julian Castro.
O’Keefe served as the Network’s lead correspondent at the 2020 Democratic National Convention and helped lead coverage of Election Night and the ensuing days from CBS News‘ Election Headquarters in New York City. He also joined CBS News’ hours-long coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the United States Capitol.
Since joining CBS News in April 2018, O’Keefe has contributed to coverage of the 2018 midterm elections, the contentious confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the funerals of former president George H.W. Bush, former Arizona Senator John McCain and former Georgia Rep. John Lewis, the record-long 2019 federal government shutdown and the blackface and sexual misconduct scandals that rocked Virginia state government that same year.
O’Keefe previously spent more than a dozen years with The Washington Post covering Congress and presidential elections. He is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and once served as one of the group’s national vice presidents.
Ed O’Keefe Salary
He earns an average annual salary of between $20,000 to $100,000.
Ed O’Keefe Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of between $1 million to $5 million as of 2023.
