Who is Hallie Jackson? Everything to know about the NBC anchor interviewing Kamala Harris

On Tuesday night, Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris will beryllium down pinch NBC newsman Hallie Jackson for her first question and reply pinch nan web since she became nan Democratic nominee. 

Viewers from each astir nan state will beryllium watching successful suspense arsenic Jackson speaks pinch Vice President Harris from nan U.S. Naval Observatory successful Washington, D.C. just 2 weeks earlier predetermination day. 

In summation to a sit-down interview, nan network besides announced that elder Washington analogous Jackson will person 'exclusive entree during Harris's run stops successful Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin' connected Monday.

With nan question and reply group to aerial Tuesday nighttime astatine 6:30 p.m. ET, it will time off plentifulness of voters earnestly awaiting her appearance, arsenic DailyMail.com's predetermination model currently gives Donald Trump a 65.9 per cent chance of winning. 

But arsenic some Republican and Democratic viewers tune successful connected Tuesday, they whitethorn beryllium near wondering much astir Jackson, nan NBC anchor who is interviewing Harris. 

Who is Hallie Jackson?

Hallie Jackson, 40, is presently a news anchor astatine NBC, and is simply a elder Washington analogous for nan network.

She's nan Sunday anchor for NBC Nightly News, and hosts her ain show, Hallie Jackson NOW, connected NBC’s streaming transmission NBC News NOW. 

Jackson was calved successful Ohio, but was raised successful Yardley, Pennsylvania.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University successful 2006, which has besides seen different alums for illustration CNN journalist Wolf Blitzer and erstwhile New York City politician Michael Bloomberg.

During a 2023 question and reply with Real Woman Online, she said that she had precocious recovered a binder she made during freshman twelvemonth that fundamentally held her five-year plan.

'There was a conception for media jobs, 1 for nan advertizing industry, and 1 conception for moving connected Capitol Hill,' she told nan outlet astatine nan time.

'I moreover flirted pinch [the thought of] nan intelligence community, moving for nan CIA aliases FBI. But ultimately, I was capable to create my ain way and find thing I emotion that besides had an accountability facet to it — truth to powerfulness and each that.'

Jackson holds a B.A. successful governmental subject from nan prestigious university, and was a personnel of nan Phi Mu sorority while she was enrolled there, per her bio successful nan Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Magazine.

Where has Hallie Jackson worked?

Upon graduating from Johns Hopkins University, Jackson began her profession successful journalism, taking her first occupation arsenic a newsman astatine WBOC TV-16 successful Salisbury, Maryland.

She past moved connected to activity arsenic a newsman and play anchor astatine WFSB-TV successful Harford, Connecticut for 4 years, until 2012.

Jackson became a nationalist analogous for Hearst Television successful Washington, D.C.,  wherever she worked for 2 years until 2014, erstwhile she landed a spot arsenic a analogous astatine NBC News astatine their bureau successful Los Angeles. 

The Phi Beta Kappa postgraduate was later assigned to screen Senator Ted Cruz's run during nan 2016 statesmanlike predetermination arsenic an embed. 

During this time, Jackson genuinely made a sanction for herself arsenic she covered nan embattled and heated Republican primaries.

She interviewed various GOP candidates and players successful nan predetermination while connected nan road, for illustration Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Senator Marco Rubio, and mostly covered Trump's run erstwhile Rubio was out. 

Jackson besides came to beryllium known arsenic portion of nan network's Road Warriors, which included now-stars Katy Tur, Kasie Hunt and Kristen Welker, per Conde Nast Traveler (CNT).

Of her clip connected nan road, she told nan outlet that she recovered 'friendly people' everywhere. 

'This whitethorn sound for illustration a cop-out, but it's true: each complete nan place,' she told CNT. 

'From Uber drivers to edifice servers, astir group perk up erstwhile they perceive you're from NBC. Most of them are looking for a glimpse of life connected nan run way — and, conversely, it's often talking to those folks that yields nan champion stories.'

She would later spell connected to anchor nan 1 p.m. spot connected MSNBC conscionable months earlier nan 2016 statesmanlike election, according to The Daily Beast.

In 2017, she was named arsenic NBC's Chief White House Correspondent, and past promoted to elder Washington analogous successful 2021.

Jackson was moreover a moderator for a February 2020 statement among nan Democratic nominees erstwhile she was astir 9 months pregnant - though Harris was not portion of this group.

As a reporter, Jackson has been known to push backmost against definite members of nan governmental world, for illustration erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence's main of unit Marc Short arsenic she many times questioned him about coronavirus protocols astatine nan RNC. 

Is Hallie Jackson married?

Hallie Jackson is presently successful a narration pinch her longtime partner, Frank Thorp, who is simply a shaper and off-air newsman who covers Congress astatine NBC.

Thorp graduated from West Virginia University successful 2007, and was an intern for The Today Show successful 2004. 

After graduating, he started his profession arsenic a Today show interrogator astatine NBC successful 2007. 

Mostly recently, successful May, Jackson posted a saccharine tribute to her partner connected his 40th birthday, sharing a threat of him blowing retired candles connected an intricately-decorated cake.

'May 30: a newsy day, to put it mildly. Of nan galore headlines, here's my fave: Frank turns forty today!' Jackson wrote successful nan caption.

'While he's blowing retired his candles successful Taipei, I'm backmost stateside thanking my fortunate stars I get to return these trips astir nan sun pinch nan world's champion partner and parent. Saving nan sappy(er) worldly for later, but can't hold to observe you.'

Before she was successful a business pinch Thorp, Jackson was joined to assemblage shot subordinate and coach Doug Hitchner.

The 2 sewage divided successful 2011.

Does Hallie Jackson person kids? 

Hallie Jackson has 1 three-year-old daughter, Monroe, who she welcomed pinch partner Thorp successful March 2020.

She announced her gestation connected TV, during Sunday Today With Willie Geist, connected nan Sunday Mail segment. 

Although Monroe was expected to beryllium calved successful April of 2020, she came into nan world 3 weeks early successful March.

In March 2021, Jackson penned an affectional effort for Today about what it was for illustration being a first-time mom during nan coronavirus pandemic.

'Being a pregnant female aliases caller mom tin beryllium stressful capable arsenic it is: Nothing’s what it utilized to be,' Jackson wrote.

'Add to that nan furniture of pandemic uncertainty and anxiety, and it’s nary wonderment investigation suggests galore pregnant and caller moms are struggling nether nan weight of it all.'

In nan piece, Jackson said that she ever told her girl that she was 'safe and loved' earlier she went to sleep. 

'And I deliberation astir really 1 day, I mightiness commencement nan communicative of her first twelvemonth for illustration this: My full life changed erstwhile you were calved — and truthful did everyone else’s,' she penned. 

What is Jackson's narration pinch Kamala Harris? 

Although Jackson has covered Harris' run connected NBC News before, it doesn't look that she has had a one-on-one sit-down pinch her, until now.

When she moderated nan 2020 Democratic nominee debate, Harris was not present, arsenic she had already dropped retired of nan race.

Viewers tin drawback nan question and reply connected NBC Nightly News connected Tuesday, October 22 astatine 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.

It will later aerial connected NBC News NOW, NBCNews.com, TODAY and MSNBC