#110 Peter Doocy: Fatherhood and Fox News

Peter Doocy isn’t the first guest to appear on Paternal as the son of a very famous father, but he’s definitely the only one who can claim to have an “adverserial bromance” with President Joe Biden. As the Senior White House Correspondent for the Fox News Channel, Doocy’s made it his job since 2021 to pepper the president and members of his administration with questions about immigration, inflation or international affairs, and in the process has become one of the network’s most recognizable figures - just like his father.

On this episode of Paternal, Doocy discusses what it was like to grow up as the son of the affable “Fox and Friends” host Steve Doocy and if the family name ever held him back as a journalist, how he approaches fame, fatherhood and social media, and how becoming a dad himself has changed his opinion of Biden as the country’s most famous empathetic father figure.

Doocy is the host of the three-part series entitled “Strike Zone: The Congressional Baseball Shooting,” which is now streaming on Fox Nation.

Episode Timestamps:

00:00 - 06:17 - Intro
06:17 - 10:15 - Watching his father on “Fox and Friends”
10:15 - 12:02 - Life lessons from his father
12:02 - 13:00 - If the Doocy name held him back
13:00 - 17:34 - Becoming a new star at Fox News
17:34 - 21:09 - Discussing an “adversial bromance” with President Biden and their connection as fathers
21:09 - 22:20 - On new anxieties as a father
22:20 - 24:38 - Discussing an average work day and the perils of social media
24:38 - 25:59 - On lessons from his father about fame
25:59 - 27:46 - The good and bad of fatherhood
27:46 - 29:00 - Outro