Lee Smith is an American Journalist having more than 30 years of experience in Media. He mainly writes about national politics, foreign policy, and the press. He has turned author with his books The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, the Clash of Arab Civilizations and the recent one The Permanent Coup; The Plot Against the President. He is now working as a columnist for Tablet magazine and Epoch Times.
Lee Smith Bio: Age, Birthday, Parents, Ethnicity
Lee was born in 1962 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and celebrates his birthday on the 10th of April. His parents belong to Hispanic ethnicity and they immigrated to New York for providing a better life to their children.
Lee Smith is 58 years of age now with Aries as his Sun Sign. He grew up with his brother Matthew Steven Smith and sister Sasha Smith.
Mathew is a former Program Director at Guided Discoveries, Inc., And Sasha works at Creative Artists Agency. As for Lee, he resided for many years in Egypt and Lebanon regarding his work of journalism.
Lee Smith Education
Talking of Lee Smith’s education, he completed high school education at Choate Rosemary Hall. After which Smith enrolled in George Washington University to earn his Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.
Lee Smith Career Biography
With over 30 years of experience in media and journalism, Lee has worked as an editor in chief of the Village Voice Literary Supplement and he was also a contributor to Artforum. he has also written articles for renowned publication including The New York Times, The Hudson Review, Ecco Press, Atheneum, Grand Street, GQ, and Talk.
He also worked as a foreign correspondent for the Weekly Standard. His work frequently appears in Real Clear Investigations, The Federalist, and Tablet. He is also a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and has appeared as a guest on Fox News, CNN, and France 24.
Lee Smith Books
Apart from his career as a Journalist, Lee is also an author. Some of Lee’s best books are- The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, the Clash of Arab Civilizations, and the recent ones The Permanent Coup and The Plot Against the President.
A documentary was also made based on Lee’s book Plot Against President. His other book The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President, was published in 2020.
Through his books, Smith has touched the subject of what many Americans would have avoided. He has talked about former President Donald Trump has been always the target of the Obama and Clinton administrations.
How the Obama administration tried their best to defeat Trump in the 2016 election. When that not happened, how they tried to prove Trump as a Russian Spy. He has partly blamed the Press as well for the misinformation they provide to the people. He has also asked questions about what would happen if Obama would have been the subject of the FBI investigation.
Lee Smith Net Worth, Salary 2021
Lee has been a journalist all his life, he is working as Tablet Magazine Columnist for almost 11 years now. As a columnist with vast experience, Lee earns a salary anywhere between $55452 and $74300 per year.
Apart from a journalism career, he is also the author of best-selling books. His recent book Plot against President has been the no.1 selling book, as per Amazon. On average, an author in Washington can earn up to $55,420 per year whereas, if you are an author of best-selling books, one can turn into a millionaire.
Seeing how much his books are being liked by people, without a doubt, Lee has accumulated a fortune to live a comfortable life and frequent vacations with his family.
And as of 2021, Lee Smith Boasts a net worth of around $800,000.
Lee Smith Wife, Is Lee Smith Married?
Yes, Lee Smith is a married man. And more so he is very freshly married, as Lee Smith exchanged vows with his beautiful wife only a couple of years ago.
Lee and his wife, Catherine Smith got married in April of 2018 and they will celebrate their 3rd wedding anniversary this year. Like Lee, his wife is also from New York, but currently, this lovely couple is living in Washington D.C.
Meanwhile, Smith and his spouse are yet to start a family, as they appear to be enjoying their married life for now.
Lee Smith Social Media
Lee has been talking in his recent days about the Biden administration link with China and how the administration received $2 million in funds from a Chinese businessman.
Just as Trump is criticized for having links with Russia and how he was alleged to be appointed by Putin; can we ask the same for Biden?
That’s what Lee has been tweeting about in his Twitter account @LeeSmithDC created in November 2009. To date, with his 25.2K Tweets, Lee has earned 96.4k followers.
Lee has a Facebook account as Lee Smith where he has given few glimpses of his brother and sister.
Quick Wiki Facts and Information on Lee Smith
| Full Name/Real Name | Lee Harold Smith |
| Date of Birth/Birthday | 10th of April in 1962 |
| Age | 58 |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Born Country | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown | New York |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic |
| Parents | Puerto Rican Parents |
| Siblings | Brother Matthew Steven Smith and Sister Sasha Smith |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Education (college/university) | George Washington University |
| Marital status | Married |
| Wife | Catherine Smith |
| Children | None |
| Social Media | Twitter and Facebook |
| Salary | More than $100,000 per year |
| Net Worth | $800,000 |
| Eye color | Light brown |
| Height | 5 ft 10 inches |
