PERSON: Mike Huckabee

Host

Mike Huckabee is the host of "Huckabee" on FOX News Channel (FNC), which airs Saturdays (8-9 PM/ET).

From 1996-2007, Huckabee served as the 44th governor of Arkansas, acting as one of the youngest governors in the country at the time. He was elected to a full four-year term as governor in 1998, attracting the largest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas, and was re-elected to another four-year term in November 2002. He was first elected lieutenant governor in a 1993 special election and was elected to a full four-year term in 1994. He was only the fourth Republican to be elected to statewide office since Reconstruction.

Huckabee is recognized as a national leader, having been honored by several renowned publications and organizations for his numerous accomplishments. Governing Magazine named him as one of its Public Officials of the Year for 2005, Time Magazine honored him as one of the five best governors in America, and later in the same year, Huckabee received the American Association of Retired Person's Impact Award. In 2007, he was presented with the Music for Life Award by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) for his commitment to music education.

The former governor and his wife, Janet, live in North Little Rock. They have three grown children: John Mark, David and Sarah.

--foxnews.com