‘Fox & Friends’ Announces New Co-Host

A new co-host is joining cable news' flagship morning program.

Fox News Channel (FNC) revealed Thursday that Lawrence Jones will join “Fox & Friends” as a permanent co-host alongside Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade.

Jones, 30, will retain his role as the show's enterprise reporter. After starting his career as an undercover Project Veritas investigator, Jones joined FNC in 2018, quickly distinguishing himself with his natural on-air talent. In 2022, he became the youngest Black cable news host in history.

The self-described libertarian most recently hosted a weekend show that is being phased out by Brian Kilmeade's solo program. (RELATED: Ex-Fox News Personality Urges FCC To Punish Fox)

Fox executive Gavin Hadden first announced Jones' promotion while expressing admiration for his contributions to the network: “Lawrence has his finger on the pulse of what matters to communities across America and his insight has proved invaluable to the ‘Fox & Friends' audience.”

Fox News' Brian Flood has more:

“FOX & Friends” played a montage of Jones' greatest moments on the show, where he has been an enterprise reporter, visiting and interviewing Americans at diners and other locations around the country. Now he will join co-hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade from 6-9 a.m. on weekday mornings beginning Sept. 18.

“I feel like when it comes to the couch, you really feel America. We have this incredible opportunity to represent our audience every single day on the couch, and I'm so grateful, humbled. I'm going to learn a lot from you all, and it's going to be a fun ride,” Jones said Thursday on the show.

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Doocy, Earhardt and Kilmeade, as well as Will Cain, Rachel Campos-Duffy and Pete Hegseth who co-host “FOX & Friends Weekend,” senior meteorologist Janice Dean, and Todd Piro and Carley Shimkus, who co-host “FOX & Friends First,” were all on hand for the announcement.

“I am honored to become a part of the cable news legacy FOX News has created with ‘FOX & Friends,' the very show where I made my first-ever national television appearance. It is truly a privilege to inform our audience every day and I can't wait to do so each morning,” Jones said in a statement.

Jones temporarily filled Tucker Carlson's coveted time slot after the network unceremoniously booted its top-rated host. He expressed gratitude for the opportunity at the time while being careful not to compare himself to Carlson. Praising his predecessor, Jones said Carlson “carved his own lane,” earning the audience's trust.

Jones' latest chapter at Fox News starts Monday.

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