In an unconventional move, Donald Trump has picked Pete Hegseth, a FOX News host and commentator, as his secretary of defense. What to know about the Middle Tennessee resident.

Hegseth, who has been a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend” for the better part of a decade, has used the show to highlight his views about the US military. He has railed against the Pentagon’s adoption of “social justice” messages and argued that “woke” policies have hurt military recruitment.

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and National Guard veteran, is set to leave the TV studio for the helm of the world's most powerful military after his shock nomination by Donald Trump.After joining Fox in 2014 as a contributor,