Michael Smerconish

About

Michael Andrew Smerconish ( smur-KAHN-ish; born March 15, 1962) is an American radio host, television presenter, political commentator, author, and lawyer. He hosts The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel and a weekly program on CNN and CNN International. A former Sunday columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, he has authored seven books and serves as counsel at the Philadelphia law firm Kline & Specter.

Smerconish was born on March 15, 1962, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to Florence (née Grovich) and Walter Smerconish. His mother is Montenegrin, coming from Cetinje in the former Yugoslavia. His father’s family is Carpatho-Rusyn, tracing their roots to the village of Swierzowa Ruska, located in modern Southeast Poland, not far from the Slovak border. He graduated from Central Bucks High School West and earned his B.A. from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, followed by a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Raised in a Republican household, Smerconish began corresponding with Democratic Mayor Frank L. Rizzo as a teenager. In 1980, his father unsuccessfully ran for the Pennsylvania state legislature…