How Pete Hegseth went from Fox News host to Trumps Defense Secretary pick | Money [Video]

New York (CNN) — Two years ago, Pete Hegseth relocated his family from New Jersey, near Fox News headquarters, to a small town outside of Nashville, Tennessee. The red state move was on-brand for the “Fox & Friends” co-host, who takes his kids shooting, posts pictures wearing anti-President Biden slogans, and emphasizes his Christian faith.

Now Hegseth, his wife and their seven children may have to relocate again, this time to Washington, DC. On Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump said Hegseth is his pick for Defense Secretary – a decision that shocked even some of his friends at Fox.

Hegseth is a decorated Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But nothing in his biography suggests experience leading large organizations.

As one of his fellow Fox hosts said Tuesday night, in a flabbergasted tone, “You’re telling me Pete is going to oversee two million employees?”

The Department …