Harold Ford Jr.

Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U . Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from Tennessee's 9th congressional district, centered in Memphis. He is a member of the Ford political family from Memphis, and is the son of former Congressman Harold Ford Sr., who held the same seat for 22 years. In 2006, Ford made an unsuccessful bid for the U . Senate seat vacated by the retiring Bill Frist. He was also the last chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). Between 2011 and 2017, Ford worked for Morgan Stanley as a managing director. He also regularly appeared on television on politically related programs on NBC's Meet the Press, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC. On December 1, 2020, Ford was named Vice Chairman of Corporate & Institutional Banking at PNC Financial Services. He and his wife live in New York City and have a daughter, Georgia Walker, and a son, Harold Eugene III. Ford also wrote a book, More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education, published in 2010. In April 2021, Ford joined Fox News as a political contributor. He frequently appears on Special Report as a panel member and was named a co-host of The Five in January 2022.