Jonathan Capehart

Journalist

Birthday July 2, 1967

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace United States

Age 56 years old

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About

Professional journalist and television personality who became known for writing for The Washington Post's PostPartisan blog. Previously, he was a member of the editorial board for the New York Daily News.

Before Fame

He graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Trivia

He won a 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Best Editorial Writing for his pieces about Harlem's Apollo Theater.

Family Life

He married his boyfriend Nick Schmit in January 2017. Former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder presided over their wedding ceremony. His mother's name is Margaret.

Associated With

In 2016, he made a controversial accusation about Bernie Sanders misrepresenting a photo of himself at a civil rights sit-in.