Sean Patrick Hannity was born December 30, 1961, in New York City, New York and is an American conservative talk radio host, co-host of Fox News Channel's political debate program Hannity & Colmes, and the author of two best-selling books.
Hannity went to high school at St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary in Uniondale, Long Island, New York, and graduated in 1980. He attended New York University but dropped out before obtaining a degree because of financial difficulties and a desire to pursue a radio career. Talk radio station WVNN in Huntsville, Alabama (my hometown!) hired him to be the morning talk show host. From there, he was hired by WGST in Atlanta to fill the slot vacated by Neal Boortz, who had moved on to competing station WSB. Roger Ailes, founder of the Fox News Channel, took a chance on the relatively unknown Hannity, hiring him to co-host Hannity and Colmes with Alan Colmes.
Hannity moved to New York to do Hannity and Colmes and to host a local radio show on WABC. His radio program went nationally syndicated on September 10, 2001. It is aired from WABC in New York and is now heard on well over 400 stations nationwide. His program now boasts the second-largest radio audience in the country, heard by over 13 million listeners a week. In 2004, Sean Hannity signed a 5-year, $25 million contract extension with ABC Radio.
Hannity, who is of Irish descent (all four of his grandparents immigrated to the US from Ireland), belongs to the Roman Catholic church. He is married with two children.