Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is the host of Morning Joe on National Broadcasting Company's (NBC) sister network MSNBC (Microsoft NBC). He previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same network. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives.
On July 11, 2017, Scarborough announced on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he was leaving the Republican party to become an independent.