She traveled to New York City after the September 11 attacks to cover South Carolina middle school students' raising nearly half a million dollars for firefighters to buy a new fire truck to replace one lost at the World Trade Center site.

[6] In 2005, Earhardt moved to San Antonio, Texas, and anchored weekday morning and noon newscasts at television station KENS.

[6] Earhardt has written three children's books (Take Heart, My Child,Through Your Eyes, and I'm So Glad You Were Born) and a memoir, The Light Within Me.

[6] Earhardt has stated that she "did not know the first thing about politics" before she was hired by Roger Ailes to work at the network.

[11] During a 2018 interview, she praised Trump for threatening former FBI Director James Comey with alleged audio recordings, stating it "was a smart way to make sure he stayed honest" in congressional hearings.

[12][5][13][14][15] Shortly prior to the interview, Trump had withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement; Earhardt asked him, Why did President [Barack] Obama .

[5] Earhardt defended Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, saying "he gets to decide who works for him.

[18] In August 2018, Earhardt stated incorrectly on Fox & Friends that the U.S. defeat of "communist Japan" was an event that had made "America great".

[26] According to Eliza Relman at Business Insider, "few subjects animate [Earhardt] more than stories about alleged attacks on Christianity.

Previously, Earhardt had shown considerable distrust of the intelligence community during Trump's presidency; she had also advanced "deep state" conspiracy theories.

[27][28][29] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Earhardt encouraged readers to travel by plane, saying "it's actually the safest time to fly.

[42][43] According to Vanity Fair, in August 2019, Earhardt began a relationship with fellow Fox News personality Sean Hannity after the two arrived together as guests for a wedding at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey.

[44] Vanity Fair asserts that during the COVID-19 pandemic, she had been hosting her Fox & Friends program from a remote studio in the basement of Hannity's Long Island mansion.