Phil Keating Biography
Phil Keating, born Phillip Keating is an American journalist who serves as Fox News Channel national correspondent stationed in the Miami office. He is known for covering breaking news topics like Anna Nicole Smith’s death, Caylee Anthony’s arrest, and Jose Padilla’s trial during his time at Fox. He joined FOX after working at Denver’s KUSA and KDVR.
Phil Keating Age
Phil is 64 years old as of 2022. Keating was born on April 11, 1958, in St Louis Missouri, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 11th April every year.
Phil Keating Height
Phil stands at a height of 5 feet and 9 inches (1.75m).
Phil Keating Family
Phil’s father’s name is Dave Keating and his mother’s name is Donna Keating. At the time of his birth, his father, Dave, worked in the United States Army as an Army officer and he was stationed in Vietnam. Dave saw his son, Phil, for the first time nine months after he was delivered.
Due to his father’s work, his family moved to different countries; from Germany, Vietnam, and other different companies before they returned to the United States.
Phil Keating Wife
He is not a married man. However, he is engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Lissette Gonzalez. The two have been sweethearts for a long time, since their college days, and we hope that they will end up getting married and later have babies since they do not have any babies. The two live happily in Miami, Florida.
Phil Keating Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million which he has earned through his career as a correspondent and his assets.
Phil Keating Salary
Phil earns an annual salary of $93, 653 from his career.
Phil keating Education
Being a son of military personnel who traveled regularly, he changed various schools in his early school life. However, besides him being smart and having an outgoing personality, he did so well in his studies. this resulted in him graduating from the University of Missouri in Columbus with a degree in Journalism.
Phil Keating Career
Phil Keating joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in March 2004 and is now the Miami-based correspondent for the network. Keating most recently delivered live coverage from Surfside, Florida, of the Surfside condominium collapse. Previously, as part of FNC’s Democracy 2020 election coverage, he covered election news from Florida. Keating has covered several significant hurricanes throughout his time at FNC, including Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Isaac, Hurricane Irene, and others.
He also covered the shooting at Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Keating has also covered the State of Oklahoma’s trial of Terry Nichols, a co-conspirator in the Oklahoma City Bombing, as well as a number of high-profile cases, including NBA star Kobe Bryant’s alleged rape and assault, JonBenet Ramsey, Matthew Shepard, and the deadly shootings at Columbine High School. Keating also contributed to FNC’s 2014 New Year’s Eve special, All-American New Year, which was broadcast live from Miami, Florida. In 2013, he covered the George Zimmerman murder trial and the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin from Sanford, Florida.
Keating started his journalism career as a reporter and photographer at WMAZ-TV (CBS-13) in Macon, Georgia in 1990. He later ended up as a lead reporter for KUSA-TV (NBC-9) in Denver, CO, WBNS-TV (CBS-10) in Columbus, OH, and KHQ-TV (NBC-6) in Spokane, WA before joining FNC.
Phil Keating Health
From a young age, Phil used to experience health issues and he suffered from different diseases due to low immunity. He got advised by doctors to take care and later on he had to undergo liver infection surgery as a teenager. Unfortunately, his medicine prescription was discontinued due to financial constraints.
Phil Keating FOX News
Keating works at Fox News as Fox News Channel national correspondent stationed in the Miami office. At the station he works alongside other Fox News anchors who include;
- Jamie Colby
- Byron York
- Trey Yingst
- Kiron Skinner
- Dan Springer
- Karl Rove
- Katie Pavlich
- Nicole Saphier
- Austin Westfall
- Anita Vogel