Kyle Cheney is frequently asked whether he is related to Liz Cheney, who has been outspoken in criticizing President Donald Trump following his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Kyle Cheney is a congressional reporter for Politico and contributes as a political analyst for both CNN and MSNBC.
He started his career 2006 as a reporter covering Massachusetts politics for the State House News Service.
Highlights
- Kyle took to Twitter to clarify that he was not related to Dick Cheney and explained that he had been quoting Lindsey Graham in 2015.
- Dick Cheney has two daughters, Liz and Mary Cheney, meaning Kyle Cheney cannot be one of his children, nor could Liz be his sister.
- Kyle and Liz have different families. Liz Cheney is married to Philip Perry, and Kyle lives with his wife, Hannah, in Virginia.
On the other hand, Liz Cheney is well-known for openly opposing Donald Trump.
She represented Wyoming in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023 and was the chair of the House Republican Conference from 2019 to 2021.
Kyle Cheney And Liz Cheney Come from Different Family Backgrounds
In 2015, Kyle clarified on Twitter that he was not related to Dick Cheney and that he was quoting Lindsey Graham.
Well, Liz Cheney is the elder daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and second lady Lynne Cheney.
@kyledcheney PSA to a couple very confused people: I'm not related to Dick Cheney, and I was quoting Lindsey Graham.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 21, 2015
In response, a Twitter user, Miss Sneaky Squirrel, apologized for glaring at the TV aggressively and trying to figure out similarities between Kyle and Liz.
Dick Cheney has two daughters, Liz and Mary Cheney, so Kyle Cheney cannot be one of his children, with Liz as his sister.
Kyle has clarified on multiple occasions, including on social media, that he is unrelated to the Cheney family.
At the same time, Kyle is originally from Queens, NY, and has kept details about his parents private.
Liz was born in Madison, and her parents were studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the time of her birth.
Her younger sister, Mary Cheney, was also born in Madison. Liz attended part of sixth and seventh grade in Casper, Wyoming, while her father campaigned for Congress.
Similarly, Kyle and Liz have different families. Liz Cheney married Philip Perry, a partner at the law firm Latham & Watkins, in 1993 in Wyoming, and they have five children.
In 2012, Liz and her family relocated to Wyoming.
Meanwhile, Kyle has two daughters, and his wife, Hannah, is a senior travel editor at National Geographic.
Hannah Cheney is the former senior managing editor of content marketing at Hilton and has also held the position of senior managing editor of global content communications and external affairs at the company.
Kyle Cheney and his family reside in Arlington, Virginia.
Additional Information
- Kyle Cheney joined Politico in 2012 as a reporter covering healthcare and the Affordable Care Act under the Obama administration.
- He was later assigned to cover the 2014 midterm elections and the Republican caucus during the 2016 presidential election. After the 2016 elections, he became part of the Congress team.
- By 2019, Cheney had emerged as a key reporter for Politico on Capitol Hill, breaking several major stories related to the Trump impeachment inquiry led by House Democrats.
