Casey DeSantis

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Casey DeSantis
Official portrait, September 2019
First Lady of Florida
Current
Assumed role
January 8, 2019
GovernorRon DeSantis
Preceded byAnn Scott
Personal details
Born
Jill Casey Black[1]

(1980-06-26) June 26, 1980 (age 43)
Troy, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Ron DeSantis (m. 2009)
Children3
ResidenceFlorida Governor's Mansion
EducationCollege of Charleston
(BS)

Jill Casey DeSantis (née Black, born June 26, 1980) is a former American television journalist and news show host and the current first lady of Florida as the wife of Governor Ron DeSantis.[2][3]

Biography[change | change source]

Early life, education and career[change | change source]

Jill Casey Black was born on June 26, 1980 in Troy, Ohio. Black graduated from the College of Charleston receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and minored in French.[4]

Early in Black's career, she hosted Golf Channel programs as local newscaster and anchor at an independent station in Jacksonville, Florida, and held several positions, including general assignment reporter, morning anchor, and police reporter. Black also held reports for CNN.[5]

Marriage, children and personal life[change | change source]

Casey Black and Ron DeSantis had met each other at Naval Station Mayport when he was a naval officer on a golf course. They married in September 2009, at Disneyworld[6]and have three children together named Mason, Madison, and Mamie DeSantis.[7]

First Lady of Florida[change | change source]

DeSantis with her husband, Governor Ron DeSantis during an interview in January 2019.
DeSantis with her husband Govenor Ron DeSantis, President Donald Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump in June 2019.
DeSantis with her husband Governor Ron DeSantis and Venuzuelan first lady, Fabiana Rosales.

DeSantis assumed the role and duties as the first lady of Florida on succeeding Ann Scott, when her husband inaugurated as the 46th governor of Florida. At age of 38, DeSantis is the youngest woman to assume the role as the first lady of the state.

As first lady, she launched four major initiatives during her husband's term in office such as, Hope Florida, Florida Cancer Connect, Resiliency Florida, Hope Healing for Florida and The Facts. Your Future.[8][9][10][11]

DeSantis with her husband along with First Lady Melania Trump, as President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the Venezuelan American community in Florida in June 2019.


DeSantis giving a speech about education reform in Orlando, Florida.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Jill Casey Desantis's Florida Voter Registration". VoterRecords.com.
  2. "First Lady Casey DeSantis". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. "MEET CASEY". Ron DeSantis for Governor. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. "First Lady Casey DeSantis". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  5. "First Lady Casey DeSantis". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  6. "MEET THE FAMILY". Ron DeSantis for Governor. Archived from the original on 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  7. "First Lady Casey DeSantis". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  8. "MEET CASEY". Ron DeSantis for Governor. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  9. "Casey DeSantis". National Governors Association. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  10. "Casey DeSantis announces a statewide cancer initiative for patients and survivors". WUSF Public Media. 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  11. "First Lady Casey DeSantis". Retrieved 2022-10-19.

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