Jim Bob Duggar

About

James Robert “Jim Bob” Duggar (born July 18, 1965) is an American politician and television personality. He appeared on the reality series 19 Kids and Counting, which aired from 2008 to 2015. From 1999 to 2003, he was a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
By 2026, it was acknowledged that he knew about some reports of alleged acts of sex abuse committed by his son Josh, with an Arkansas state trooper also assisting Jim Bob and Josh by taking no further action after they reported incidents of sex abuse in 2006.

Duggar was born in Springdale, now the fourth largest city in Arkansas. His parents, James Lee “Jimmy Lee” Duggar (1936–2009) and Mary Leona Duggar (née Lester; 1941–2019), owned a real estate brokerage agency. He graduated from Shiloh Christian School.

Duggar is a licensed realtor and owns several commercial properties in his local area as an investor.

From 1999 to 2003, Duggar served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 6, which was located in northern Washington County. He first won election in 1998, defeating Kathy McFetridge with 56% of the vote. He was re-elected by a wider margin…