Joe Scarborough

About Joe Scarborough

Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is an American cable news host and former politician. Before his present position as host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, Scarborough hosted Scarborough Country on the same channel. Besides his work in cable news, Scarborough served in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 as a Republican from the 1st district of Florida.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Scarborough graduated from Pensacola Catholic High School in Pensacola, Florida (although he is not a Roman Catholic). He received a B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1985 and a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1990. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991. Scarborough taught high school and practiced law in Pensacola. During this time he wrote and produced CDs with his band, Dixon Mills.

At just 3 years out of law school, Michael F. Griffin's family requested that Scarborough represent him at his trial for the murder of abortion doctor, David Gunn. As a young civil law attorney, Scarborough wasn't qualified to defend him in that case but he did help them find a criminal defense attorney and helped shield the family from the media exposure, pro bono.