Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle was born March 9, 1969 in San Francisco, California to Mercedes Marie Guilfoyle (née Gerena), a Puerto Rican special education teacher & Anthony Christopher "Tony" Guilfoyle, an Irish real estate investor. Her mom died of leukemia when Kimberly was 10, which made her dad raise her & her little brother as a widowed father. Kimberly worked her way through college and law school,including a brief stint as a lingerie model, before becoming anassistant district attorney in San Francisco. She received nationalattention in 2001, when she successfully prosecuted two defendantswhose dogs had mauled a woman to death in San Francisco. That sameyear, she marriedGavin Newsom, a city supervisor from a prominent family;he was elected mayor in 2003. Kimberly is extremely visible in SanFrancisco society, as a member of many charitable organizations, andmaintains close ties with the Getty family. In 2004, she moved to NewYork to become a legal consultant for MSNBC, CNN and CourtTV. InJanuary 2006, Kimberly joined Fox News Channel where she is host ofThe Lineup (2005). She is also a legal analyst for the Fox NewsChannel.