David Shepard Smith, Jr. (born January 14, 1964), known better as Shepard Smith, is an American television news

United States television news

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 anchor

News presenter

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. He is host of Fox Report

Fox Report

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 with Shepard Smith and Studio B weekdays on Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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. In addition, he anchors the 5:00 p.m. ET weekday news update on Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio

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, also titled Fox Report.
Smith was born in Holly Springs

Holly Springs, Mississippi

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, Mississippi

Mississippi

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, the son of Dora Ellen Anderson, an English teacher, and David Shepard Smith, Sr., a cotton merchant.