Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz on November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, satirist, actor, writer, and producer.

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He is best known as the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and for his political satire.

Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but later branched out to television, hosting Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host his own show on MTV, called The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted another show on MTV called You Wrote It, You Watch It.

Stewart became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also a writer and co-producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim leading to his first Emmy Award in 2001. Stewart himself has also gained significant notoriety as a vocal, outspoken critic of the Bush administration and of personality-driven media shows, in particular Bill O’Reilly and the Fox News Channel.

Stewart co-wrote America (The Book), which was one of the top fifteen best-sellers in the US in 2004. Stewart hosted the 78th Academy Awards and was recently chosen to return to host the 80th Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24, 2008.

Jon Stewart was born in New York City and grew up in Lawrence, New Jersey, where he attended Lawrence High School. His father, Donald Leibowitz, is a physicist at The College of New Jersey and his mother, Marian, is an educational consultant. Stewart’s parents divorced when he was nine years old and he and his older brother, Larry, stayed with their mother. While attending Lawrence High School, Stewart was a member of the school band as a French horn player. Stewart has said that he was subjected to considerable harassment from some of his classmates as he was the only Jewish student.

Personal Life:

Stewart married long-time girlfriend Tracey McShane, a veterinary technician, in November 2000. The exact date of their marriage is publicly unknown, but on the April 23, 2002 episode of The Daily Show, Stewart stated that he had been married “almost eighteen months”.

On June 19, 2001, Stewart and his wife filed a joint name change application and legally changed both of their last names to “Stewart”. He proposed to her by working with Will Shortz, the crossword editor at The New York Times, and together they created a puzzle that popped the question.

The couple had their first child, Nathan Thomas Stewart (named after Stewart’s grandfather) on July 3, 2004. Their second child, a daughter, Maggie Rose Stewart, was born on February 4, 2006. They also have a cat named Stanley and two bull terriers, Monkey and Shamsky (named after Art Shamsky).

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