Who is Meghan McCain’s husband Ben Domenech?
FANS of Meghan McCain are familiar with her husband Ben Domenech, who frequently appears on her Instagram page in sweet photos.
Meghan cited that one of her reasons for leaving The View was to spend more time with her daughter and husband.
Who is Ben Domenech?
Ben Domenech is an American television commentator who got his career start in 2006 writing for the Washington Post's conservative-leaning blog Red America.
The 39-year-old writer is the youngest-ever political appointee of the George W. Bush administration and his father, Douglas Domenech, held several mid-level positions in the Bush administration.
Despite being a rising star among conservative journalists, Ben's work has landed himself in hot water throughout the years.
He resigned from the Post three days after joining in 2006 amid claims of plagiarism and was slammed by the Obama administration in 2010.
In a piece picked up by CBS News, Ben alleged that Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan was possibly the first openly gay candidate for the position, which he later apologized for.
In 2013, BuzzFeed News reported that he and other conservative writers had been paid to pen favorable propaganda pieces for the Malaysian government, which he allegedly kept secret.
Do Ben Domenech and Meghan McCain have children?
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The couple announced in March 2020 that they were expecting their first child together.
In September 2020, the two welcomed their first daughter, Liberty Sage McCain Domenech, to the world following a miscarriage in 2019.
The family has been very protective of Liberty's privacy and while Meghan was pregnant, she did not share many pictures.
"I believe children have a right to privacy and hope you will all understand as we navigate this as much as possible going forward without sacrificing our comfort or safety," she said on Instagram back in May 2020.
In July 2021, Meghan announced she was leaving The View on August 6, 2021, because she didn't want to leave her life in the Washington area to commute to work.
“This was not an easy decision,” she said.
“It took a lot of thought and counsel and prayer.”
How did he meet Meghan McCain?
It's not clear exactly when Meghan met her husband, but on The View she said the two had dated "for years" before their engagement announcement in 2017.
She also revealed to viewers that Ben had met her dad, the late Arizona Senator John McCain, at a family event.
“[Ben] works in politics and has for a long time so he wasn’t as intimidated and he actually met my dad at my brother’s wedding for the first time and ended up talking about health care or something very wonky," she said on The View.
"He’s so conservative. He’s funny in his own way.”
When did they get married?
Meghan and Ben tied the knot on November 21, 2017, weeks after she announced their engagement.
The pair invited 117 of their closest friends, family members, and former campaign workers for their nuptials held Thanksgiving week.
The couple decided on a western hunting-lodge theme, and Meghan revealed they moved up their wedding date because of her dad's deteriorating health.
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“We pushed everything up,” Meghan told PEOPLE days after her wedding.
“My dad is doing really well right now, but it’s a deeply unpredictable cancer. You’re really just living scan to scan. I wanted to make sure that he was - that we were all - there. Why wait?”