Peter Doocy and Hillary Vaughn have welcomed their third child, a daughter named Molly Kate, turning their family into one with five members. Molly Kate was born on October 22 at 10:04 p.m., and the timing left little doubt that the birth came in the middle of a fast-moving workday for Doocy.
That urgency became part of the story because Vaughn called one minute before New York anchors were due to toss to him for a 9 a.m. live report. Doocy said he talked through the script so quickly that he threw back to New York, grabbed his bag and sprinted toward the White House gate, a move he said was sure to raise eyebrows in the Secret Service guard shack.
The birth came days past her projected due date, and it added a new chapter to a marriage that began in South Carolina in April 2021 after the two met while working at the same network. Bridget is three years old and George is 18 months old, so the couple now has three children under four years old born across a three-year span.
That is the piece that gives the day its weight: a live report was interrupted by labor, and the interruption ended with a baby. Doocy reached Vaughn’s side later that day, and the family’s next adjustment is simple enough to name and hard enough to live — three toddlers, one household, and a newborn who arrived just after the clock turned late.
Vaughn said George adapted quickly to being a big brother, and she said Bridget planned to share her hair bows with Molly Kate. For Doocy, the sprint away from the White House lawn was the kind of abrupt break news can force in an instant, but this time the payoff was not another broadcast. It was his daughter.
