Chris Matthews is the host and anchor of CNBC's & MSNBC's Hardball as well as being a frequent contributor to NBC's The Today Show and substitute anchor of Weekend Today. He is a nationally syndicated columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, appearing in 200 newspapers nationwide. Matthews got his start as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter and later as the top aide to House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. He is the author of Hardball and Kennedy & Nixon. Matthews lives with his wife Kathleen Matthews, news anchor for ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C., and their three children in Chevy Chase, MD.
