What Information Can You Give On Bill O'Reilly's Personal Life?

The Manhasset, New York-based Bill O'Reilly is married. His wife of the last twelve years is Maureen E. McPhilmy. Ms. McPhilmy is a public relations executive by profession. O'Reilly is also a father of two children. His daughter, Madeline, was born in the year 1998 and his son, Spencer, was born in the year 2003.

O'Reilly, in an interview to the New York tabloid Newsday in the month of October in the year 2005, said that he hired bodyguards. He said he does not appreciate the general public taking pictures of him and his family.

According to O'Reilly, some of the people who take pictures of him and his family are stealth paparazzi. He does not wish that any photographs of his home, himself, his wife and his children be made available to the public.

Bill O'Reilly was born to William and Angela O'Reilly on September 10, 1949 in New York City. His parents were both Irish Catholics. His father hailed from the New York borough of Brooklyn and his mother came from Bergen County in the state of New Jersey. His father worked as an accountant for Caltex, the oil company. His family moved to Levittown, Long Island when he was two years old.

He attended Chaminade High School, which is a private Catholic boys' high school situated in Mineola, New York and graduated in the year 1967. After graduating from high school, he attended Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Marist is a small, privately-owned Catholic educational institution. He received his bachelor's degrees in Arts, specialising in history in the year 1971 and played a punter in the National Club Football Association.