Ned Price Husband, Wife, Height, Parents, Net Worth

Changes to the administration were imminent as Biden stepped up as the US president in 2021. And one of the names, honored to be a part of the history-making-appointments was Ned Price.

The first openly gay spokesperson for the State Department, Ned Price was appointed to serve under the 71st Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on Jan 2021. He will be serving as America’s voice to the world — speaking out on every area of international policy and diplomacy.

Here is everything we know about him.

How Old Is He?

Ned Price was 38 years of age when he was appointed as spokesperson for the State Department in 2021.

He celebrates his birthday on November 22 and is of the Sagittarius zodiac.

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Ned Price Parents, Siblings

Ned Price was born to parents: Martin Lewis and Elizabeth Price. His father, Martin passed away peacefully on May 15, 2016, at the age of 86. As for his mother, Elizabeth was doing well and often missed her husband — whom she was married to for over four decades.

Reportedly, Ned’s father was an attorney, while his mother worked at the Dallas Museum of Art. From an early age, Ned’s father would take him to whatever protest was going on and that was how Ned’s interest in civic activism and engagement was sparked.

As for his siblings, Ned has a brother named Lance and a sister named Samantha.

Trivia: Ned Price was given the name “Edward” at birth. However, as his grandfather was called Edward too, his parents thought that the name was too formal and started calling him Ned.

Ned Price Height

The State Department spokesperson, Ned Price stands tall at a height around 5 feet 10 inches (177 cm) and weighs under 82 kg (180 lbs).

Is He On Instagram And Facebook?

Yes, Ned Price is on Instagram. As of Feb 2021, he entertained 11.5K followers over his account “@statedeptspox”.

Also, Ned owned two Twitter accounts then. His account @nedprice had 109K followers while his account @StateDeptSpox had 464.2K followers.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t find him on Facebook.

Ned Price Net Worth, Salary, State Department

Ned Price’s net worth was over $2 million in 2021. The average salary of U.S. Department of State employees was $104K yearly. So, his salary might float around the same range as well.

In Jan 2021, after being appointed as the spokesperson for the State Department, Ned shared that there was “no higher honor than working with the women and men of the State Department. Likewise, Ben Rhodes, who once worked above Ned, mentioned that Ned was “the most unflappable spokesperson” he worked with.

And Ben said that because he has seen Ned transition from CIA analyst and press officer to someone “who had to cover literally the whole world at the White House.” —  and by that he meant — National Security Council as a “director of strategic communications and assistant press secretary” and, as a “spokesman and senior director” for strategic communications.

Apart from politics, Ben also worked in the education sector as an adjunct professor, and lecture at The George Washington University and Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Also, he worked as a “national security and intelligence analyst and contributor” for NBC News from 2017 to 2020.

In light of his education, Ned attended Georgetown University for his bachelor of science degree from 2001 to 2005. Then, he went to Harvard Kennedy School of Government for his master of public policy from 2008 to 2010.

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Ned Price Husband, Wife, Richard Hudock

As of 2021, the possible candidate to be Ned Price’s husband was the NBC News spokesman Richard Hudock. The two started dating at least before 2017 and were going strong then.

The duo has since appeared at various functions and events together. 

In November 2017, they were spotted at the OUT Magazine #OUT100 event presented by Lexus. They looked handsome together as the suited couple held each other by the waist.

Later, the lovebirds also appeared at the 6th Annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards. They were pictured alongside Liza Pluto and Lauren Pratapas.

Ned Price and his husband to be, Richard Hudock (Pic – PEOPLE)

Little info on Ned Price’s boyfriend, Richard Hudock: He is Carolina born, Vegas raised, DC living man. Before working for NBC News, he worked as a senior public relations manager for CNN and Wynn Las Vegas. Also, he was in communications at “The Smith Center for Performing Arts”, and “The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas.” 

It didn’t seem like Ned Price ever had a wife.

Ned Price’s Peace Of Mind

Ned Price was once arrested for speeding on Northern Virginia’s congested George Washington Memorial Parkway. During the routine questioning, he recalled that the officer asked for his “name, phone number, place of employment and, address” Then, he hit Ned with a “disdainful and, perhaps worse” question,

“You’re not gay, are you?”

To which, Ned answered “No”. At the time, Ned was just coming out to friends and family and had never been put under such circumstances before.

But soon, Ned realized he was “a coward when it mattered.” So, he spoke up and told the officer he was in fact, gay. The officer’s reaction was nonchalant, “I don’t care if you’re gay”, he said.

Overall, at the end of the whole ordeal, Ned was more dissatisfied with his action rather than the violations of his civil rights. He shared, 

“I would have been satisfied with myself, had I unflinchingly admitted who I was in response to the officer’s question. But I waited; I waited for a more comfortable, opportune moment.”

So, he shared this story to implore people to speak up! when it mattered.

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