Jim VandeHei

Editor

Birth Year 1971

Birthplace Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S.

Age 53 years old

Nationality United States

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1971

James VandeHei (born February 12, 1971) is an American journalist and businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of Axios and the former executive editor and co-founder of Politico.

Previously, he was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked as White House correspondent.

1989

VandeHei was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and graduated from Lourdes High School in 1989.

1993

As an undergraduate, he interned at The Brillion News in Brillion, Wisconsin during the summer of 1993.

1994

He later interned in the office of Democratic Senator Herb Kohl in 1994, which led to his decision to become a political journalist.

After working as a sports reporter for the Oshkosh Northwestern, VandeHei moved to Washington, D.C.

1995

In 1995, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh with a double major in journalism and political science.

In 1995, began working for Inside Washington Publishers.

1996

In 1996, he was hired by "Inside the New Congress," a weekly newsletter that focuses on the House and Senate.

1997

In 1997, he began working as a reporter for Roll Call, which covers Capitol Hill.

1998

While at Roll Call, VandeHei broke the story of House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston's affairs in 1998.

He was the first to report in 1998 that Republicans were formally planning to impeach Bill Clinton.

2000

After a stint as a national political reporter for The Wall Street Journal in 2000, VandeHei joined The Washington Post.

VandeHei's work has appeared in Capital Style and The New Republic.

He has appeared as a pundit on television shows on all the major networks.

2006

In 2006, VandeHei left The Washington Post to co-found a political publication, Politico.

2016

In early 2016, it was announced that VandeHei was leaving Politico after the presidential election.

In April he abruptly left, prior to his previously stated departure date, and penned a piece in The Information about the current vapid state of media, the downward spiral of chasing clicks, and the media's future.

He is married to Autumn Hanna VandeHei, a former staffer for House Republican Leader Tom DeLay of Texas who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Human Services) in the Presidency of George W. Bush.

She was an executive producer of I Am Jane Doe, a film on sex trafficking.

Jim and Autumn have three children and reside in Alexandria, Virginia.