# Guy Benson
**Guy Benson** (born 1985) is an American conservative political commentator who serves as a political analyst for Fox News Channel and hosts *The Guy Benson Show* on Fox News Radio on weekdays from 3 to 6 PM ET. He was the Political Editor of the conservative website Townhall.com for more than 15 years and is co-author of the book *End of Discussion*.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) • [2](https://townhall.com/news/guybenson/2025/11/13/farewell-townhall-n2666415)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Current roles | Fox News Channel political analyst; host of *The Guy Benson Show* (weekdays 3-6 PM ET); senior columnist at the Washington Examiner[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) • [3](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/guy-benson/) |
| Fox News tenure | Joined the network as a contributor in 2013[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) |
| Townhall.com | Political Editor for more than 15 years; left in November 2025 after about 18 years with owner Salem Communications[2](https://townhall.com/news/guybenson/2025/11/13/farewell-townhall-n2666415) |
| Book | Co-author of *End of Discussion*, published by Random House in 2015[4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/) |
| Education | Graduated with honors from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, 2007[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) |
| Earlier radio | Anchored an earlier version of *The Guy Benson Show* from February 2008 to September 2015[4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/) |
| Recognition | Forbes '30 under 30' Law & Policy (2015); Huffington Post '25 top millennial broadcasters' (2017); Lee Atwater "Outstanding Young Conservative" award[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) |
## Early life and education
Benson was born in 1985, spent much of his early childhood overseas, and attended high school in New Jersey.[4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/) According to a Northwestern Magazine profile, he decided in fourth grade, while listening to a [New York Yankees](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-yankees) game, that he wanted to be a broadcaster, and he trained his voice by calling games into a recorder. By his senior year at Ridgewood High School he and a friend were broadcasting school sporting events to three counties in northern New Jersey. A self-described conservative by age 12, he turned toward political broadcasting after the [September 11 attacks](https://www.edgepedia.org/september-11-attacks).[5](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/summer2007/feature/seniors/photo4.html)
At Northwestern he joined the campus radio station WNUR, hosting a political talk show for four years and serving as sports director as a sophomore. He interned for three summers at [Fox News](https://www.edgepedia.org/fox-news), broadcast [Cape Cod Baseball League](https://www.edgepedia.org/cape-cod-baseball-league) games for the Chatham A's, and reported for an NPR affiliate in [South Florida](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-florida) in 2006.[5](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/summer2007/feature/seniors/photo4.html) • [4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/) He graduated with honors from the Medill School of Journalism in 2007.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson)
## Career
**Radio and Townhall.** After college Benson worked as a local radio producer and weekend host in Chicago, where he began contributing to Townhall.com; the site's owner, Salem Communications, later hired him to move to the Washington, DC area for a larger role.[2](https://townhall.com/news/guybenson/2025/11/13/farewell-townhall-n2666415) He anchored *The Guy Benson Show* from February 2008 until September 2015 and became a regular guest host on the nationally syndicated [Hugh Hewitt](https://www.edgepedia.org/hugh-hewitt) radio show.[4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/) As Townhall's Political Editor he covered political campaigns across the country and, by his own account in a farewell column, commentated through events from the rise of the Tea Party during the Obama presidency to Donald Trump's second term.[6](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/summer2011/feature/senior_watch_sidebar_folder/catching-up-with-the-class-of-2007.html) • [2](https://townhall.com/news/guybenson/2025/11/13/farewell-townhall-n2666415) In 2012, a Medill Magazine profile described him producing as many as six lengthy blog posts a day while appearing on Fox News several times a week as an unpaid guest.[7](https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/_pdf/medill-magazine/Medill-Magazine-Issue82.pdf) He ended his Townhall run with a "Farewell, Townhall" column on November 13, 2025.[2](https://townhall.com/news/guybenson/2025/11/13/farewell-townhall-n2666415) He now writes as a senior columnist for the [Washington Examiner](https://www.edgepedia.org/washington-examiner).[3](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/guy-benson/)
**Television.** Benson joined Fox News as a contributor in 2013 and provides political commentary across Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network's daytime and primetime programming; Fox News states that he has provided analysis for every major political event since joining the network.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) Earlier in his career he worked at Fox News on the primetime show *Hannity and Colmes*, assisted with show preparation and guest relations, and worked the network's operation at the 2004 [Republican National Convention](https://www.edgepedia.org/republican-national-convention); he also interned at the White House during [George W. Bush](https://www.edgepedia.org/george-w-bush)'s second term.[4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/)
## The Guy Benson Show
The current *Guy Benson Show* airs weekdays from 3 to 6 PM ET on Fox News Radio and broadcasts from the Tony Snow Radio Studio in Fox News Channel's Washington, DC bureau.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) • [8](https://www.westwoodone.com/programs/news-and-talk/daily-talk/the-guy-benson-show/) Fox News Radio describes the program as offering "smart, fast-paced political and cultural insights from a right-leaning perspective," blending newsmaker interviews, Fox News personalities, monologues, and caller input.[9](https://radio.foxnews.com/fox-news-talk/guy-benson/)
## End of Discussion and public identity
Benson co-authored *End of Discussion: How the Left's Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun)*, published by [Random House](https://www.edgepedia.org/random-house) in 2015.[4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/) Northwestern Magazine reported that the book is where Benson came out as a gay conservative, which quickly drew media attention; he has said he does not view the two characteristics as opposites, describing himself as "a free market, shrink-the-government conservative – who happens to be gay."[10](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2016/alumnilife/alumni-updates-guy-benson-eddie-george-mike-greenberg-leslie-pietrzyk-arlynn-presser-peter-shapiro.html) • [11](https://assets.ctfassets.net/qnesrjodfi80/6MH20w10kwKQ2mwGQgqKio/18ec627887f23f455bfa0a217408da12/benson-im_gay_conservative_so_what-studyguide.pdf) He lives in Arlington, Virginia.[10](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2016/alumnilife/alumni-updates-guy-benson-eddie-george-mike-greenberg-leslie-pietrzyk-arlynn-presser-peter-shapiro.html)
## Fellowships and recognition
Benson has held a Media Fellowship with the [Hoover Institution](https://www.edgepedia.org/hoover-institution) at Stanford University and been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, and the College Republican National Committee gave him its biennial [Lee Atwater](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-atwater) "Outstanding Young Conservative" award.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) Forbes named him to its '30 under 30' Law & Policy list in 2015, and in 2017 the Huffington Post included him among 25 top millennial broadcasters in American news and politics.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson) • [4](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/)
In October 2025, Benson announced on his radio show that an invasive malignant melanoma had been found during a skin check and removed, with doctors advising no further treatment; he used the episode to urge listeners to get regular skin checks.[12](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-radio-host-40-announces-shock-cancer-diagnosis/)
## References
1. [Guy Benson – FOX News political analyst and FOX News Radio host, Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/guy-benson)
2. [Guy Benson, "Farewell, Townhall," Townhall.com, November 13, 2025](https://townhall.com/news/guybenson/2025/11/13/farewell-townhall-n2666415)
3. [Guy Benson, author page, Washington Examiner](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/guy-benson/)
4. [Guy Benson biography, American Legislative Exchange Council](https://alec.org/person/guy-benson/)
5. ["Senior Watch: Right for Radio," Northwestern Magazine, Summer 2007](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/summer2007/feature/seniors/photo4.html)
6. ["Catching Up with the Class of 2007," Northwestern Magazine, Summer 2011](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/summer2011/feature/senior_watch_sidebar_folder/catching-up-with-the-class-of-2007.html)
7. [Medill Magazine, Issue 82, Fall 2012](https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/_pdf/medill-magazine/Medill-Magazine-Issue82.pdf)
8. [The Guy Benson Show, Westwood One](https://www.westwoodone.com/programs/news-and-talk/daily-talk/the-guy-benson-show/)
9. [The Guy Benson Show, FOX News Radio](https://radio.foxnews.com/fox-news-talk/guy-benson/)
10. ["Alumni Updates: Guy Benson," Northwestern Magazine, Spring 2016](https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2016/alumnilife/alumni-updates-guy-benson-eddie-george-mike-greenberg-leslie-pietrzyk-arlynn-presser-peter-shapiro.html)
11. [Study guide for *I'm Gay and Conservative: So What?*](https://assets.ctfassets.net/qnesrjodfi80/6MH20w10kwKQ2mwGQgqKio/18ec627887f23f455bfa0a217408da12/benson-im_gay_conservative_so_what-studyguide.pdf)
12. ["Fox News Radio Host, 40, Announces Shock Cancer Diagnosis," The Daily Beast, October 10, 2025](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-radio-host-40-announces-shock-cancer-diagnosis/)
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