Baier then attended the DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, graduating in 1992 with a BA degree in political science and English.

[8] He was named Fox News's White House correspondent in 2007, covering the presidential administration of George W. Bush.

[10] Baier worried that the projection, which turned out to be accurate, might upset Fox viewers enough for them to abandon the network.

[11] In October 2021, Baier promoted his new book To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

[20][21][22] In October 2023, Baier planned to host a discussion between the candidates vying to replace Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

After his ouster, Representatives Kevin Hern, Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise planned to join Baier to make their public case for House Leadership on Special Report.

[26][22] On October 16, 2024, Baier met with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Fox News for her first interview on this network.

[36] Paul was born with cardiac problems and before the child's open-heart surgery in 2008, President George W. Bush invited Baier and his wife and son to the Oval Office for a visit and had the White House physician update him on Paul's progress.