Mckay Coppins

ABOUT MCKAY COPPINS

Well-renowned journalist who became known for his pieces published in The Atlantic. He's also the author of the 2015 book The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party's Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House.

He was the editor of the student newspaper The Daily Universe while studying at Brigham Young University .

He was named one of Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 media pundits in 2012.

He married his wife Annie when he was 22 years old. They have a daughter and a son. His parents' names are Carol and David.

While working for Newsweek, he broke the story that Jon Huntsman would run for president in 2012.