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Al Hunt

Al HuntAKA Albert R. Hunt

Born: 1-Jan-1942
Birthplace: Charlottesville, VA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist, Pundit

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Wall Street Journal editor

Al Hunt is married to CNN newscaster Judy Woodruff. In April 1986, while the couple was eating at a Dallas restaurant with their 4-year-old son, a very pissed-off George W. Bush stormed over to their table and unloaded on Hunt: "You fucking son of a bitch. I saw what you wrote. We're not going to forget this." (Hunt's transgression was having predicted in the Wall Street Journal that Jack Kemp would win the 1988 Republican nomination instead of Vice President George H.W. Bush.)

Wife: Judy Woodruff (m. 1980, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Jeffrey Hunt (b. 1981 with spina bifida)
Son: Benjamin Hunt (b. circa 1986)
Daughter: Lauren Ann (b. circa 1988)

    High School: The Haverford School, Haverford, PA (1960)
    University: BA Political Science, Wake Forest University (1965)

    The Wall Street Journal Executive Washington Editor (1993-)
    The Wall Street Journal Reporter (1965-93)
    American Political Science Association Advisory Committee
    Gridiron Club
    Roast: Lesley Stahl (1996)
    Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997)
    Roast: Don Imus (1999)
    Roast: Tom Brokaw (2002)
    Roast: Bob Woodruff (2007)
    Funeral: Tim Russert (2008)

    TELEVISION
    The Capital Gang Panelist (1988-)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Running Mates (13-Aug-2000) · Himself


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