Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will join Fox News as an on-air contributor on Nov. 1, bringing her campaign and administration experience to the network's lineup.
Fox News reported Monday that the 29-year-old will provide commentary across the Fox News Channel and FOX News Media platforms after leaving her post as the 36th White House press secretary.
FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott made the announcement, citing Leavitt’s direct experience inside the White House and on the presidential campaign trail.
Leavitt served as President Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson from January 2025 until August 2026. She regularly faced the press corps in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room and spoke for the administration on domestic and foreign policy.
She is the youngest White House press secretary in history. After stepping down, she will keep a public voice while shifting her schedule toward family life in New Hampshire.
Scott framed the hire around practical knowledge of how power actually works in Washington and on the trail.
"Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct understanding of today’s political landscape. We look forward to her providing our audience with authentic and sharp insight across all FOX News Media platforms,"
Scott said.
Breitbart noted the same praise from Scott and underscored that Leavitt’s start date is November 1, following her exit from the Trump administration.
Leavitt answered with clear gratitude and a promise to keep the same style she used at the podium.
"I am grateful for the opportunity to continue appearing on Fox News Channel as an official member of the extraordinary team at FOX News Media. I look forward to bringing my unique perspective from my experience as White House press secretary, along with the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox’s millions of viewers across their many platforms."
she said.
Leavitt confirmed her White House departure in a lengthy August post on X. She called it a “bittersweet decision.” The core reason was straightforward: she could not give the press secretary job the constant time it demands and still be the mother she wants to be to her two young children.
The Washington Examiner reported she stepped down on Aug. 27. In her own words from that period, she was blunt about the conflict after returning to the job following her daughter’s birth.
"The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary, and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life."
Leavitt wrote.
She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, Nick, and their two young children. That home base now lines up with a media role that does not require the round-the-clock White House grind.
Trump said at the time of her exit that she would remain one of his top outside advisors, including work tied to the 2026 midterms and continued connection to political efforts around MAGA Inc.
Leavitt’s return to Fox closes a loop that started early. She interned at Fox News during the 2016 presidential election. She graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2019 with a degree in politics and communication.
In Trump’s first administration she worked as a presidential writer and assistant press secretary. She later served as communications director for then-House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik. In 2022 she ran as a Republican for Congress in New Hampshire’s 1st District.
Before the 2024 race she was a spokesperson for MAGA Inc., then joined Trump’s presidential campaign. That run led to her appointment as White House press secretary when he returned to office in January 2025.
The New York Post reported she is the second former Trump press secretary to join Fox News, following Kayleigh McEnany. The pattern is familiar: officials who defended the administration under pressure now speak directly to a national audience that wants unfiltered conservative perspective.
Leaving the briefing room did not mean leaving the broader project. Trump’s description of her next chapter included a top outside advisor role focused on the midterms. That keeps her tied to strategy and messaging even as she steps onto the Fox set.
Her stated aim is simple. She plans to deliver the same energy and candor that marked her tenure, now aimed at viewers instead of the White House press corps. For a network that prizes firsthand accounts from people who actually sat in the room, the hire matches the brand.
Leavitt’s record shows a steady climb through Republican communications jobs, a tough House race, campaign work, and the most visible spokesperson post in government. At 29 she already held one of the hardest jobs in Washington and chose family when the balance broke. The Fox role lets her stay in the argument without the 24-hour White House clock.
Voters who watched her spar with the press corps will now hear that same direct style on their screens. That is a gain for anyone who prefers clarity over spin.
