Rachel Maddow is a political commentator and television host who is unabashedly vocal about her liberal political views. As the host of the hugely popular nightly television show, ‘The Rachel Maddow show’, she is a much sought-after political commentator in the world of television as well as radio. Even as a child she was very curious, confident, and active.
She is an athletic girl, she actively participated in sports like volleyball, basketball, and swimming till a shoulder injury forced her to quit the strenuous physical activity. She was socially aware from her teenage years and used to volunteer at an AIDS clinic and later became an activist for an AIDS organization. She was an academically brilliant student and won a scholarship to attend Oxford University.
Rachel was born to Robert and Elaine Maddow in 1973 in Castro Valley, Calif. Robert was an Air Force captain who resigned his commission the year before his daughter was born. He went on to work as a lawyer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Elaine worked as a school program administrator. Rachel also has an older brother named David.