Buck Sexton

James Buckman Sexton (born December 28, 1981), known professionally as Buck Sexton, is an American radio and television talk show host, author, and conservative political commentator.

He is the co-host The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show he presents with Clay Travis, and host of Hold the Line, a weeknight program on The First TV.

Sexton was born in Manhattan, New York, on December 28, 1981, to Jane Buckman Hickey and Mason Speed Sexton, a Wall Street financier.

Buck attended Saint David's School and graduated from Regis High School, before earning a bachelor's degree in political science from Amherst College.

Sexton is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, first joining as an analyst in 2005.

His assignments included the Al Qaeda-focused Counterterrorism Center (CTC) and the Office of Iraqi Analysis.

In 2011, he joined TheBlaze as a national security editor and later worked as a contributor.

He eventually became a permanent anchor there.

Sexton has filled in for Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck.

In 2012, his book, Occupy: American Spring - The Making of a Revolution, regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement was published under ISBN 9781451695618.

On June 21, 2021, Sexton began co-hosting the syndicated conservative talk radio program The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show alongside sports journalist Clay Travis, with Sexton moving from an evening show he hosted for Premiere Networks.

The program is billed as a successor to The Rush Limbaugh Show, replacing Rush Limbaugh's time slot after his death earlier in the year.