John McCain
American politician and military officer
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| 2024 | During the Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump criticized the late Senator John McCain for his 2017 vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act, mockingly suggesting McCain 'couldn't get his arm up' to vote. This prompted a response from McCain's daughter Megan, who defended her father as 'an American hero' and criticized Trump as an 'election denying, huckster'. |
| November 2023 | Wallace announced she and her husband welcomed a daughter via a surrogate. |
| July 3 2022 | Served as an executive producer for the MSNBC primetime special 'Ukraine: Answering the Call', a fundraiser supporting Ukraine during the Russian invasion. |
| April 2022 | Wallace married journalist Michael S. Schmidt. |
| March 2021 | Wallace described herself as a 'self-loathing former Republican'. |
| 2019 | Wallace and Mark Wallace divorced. |
| March 20 2019 | At a U.S. Army tank manufacturing facility in Lima, Ohio, Trump made controversial statements about McCain, claiming the McCain family never thanked him for the funeral and expressing apathy towards the deceased senator. |
| March 19 2019 | During a meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the Oval Office, Trump was questioned about his recent criticisms of McCain and responded defensively. |
| March 17 2019 | Trump promoted a conspiracy theory on Twitter suggesting McCain colluded with the Democratic Party by sending the Steele dossier to the FBI. |
| March 16 2019 | Donald Trump criticized John McCain on Twitter for his 2017 'thumbs down' vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act, quoting Ken Starr. |
| September 2018 | McCain's funeral was scheduled, with many of his close friends indicating he did not want then-president Trump to attend. |
| August 25 2018 | John McCain died due to complications from Glioblastoma after battling the disease since his 2017 diagnosis. |
| 2017 | Trump served as the 45th U.S. President, during which time his criticisms of John McCain continued to draw significant political and public attention. |
| 2017 | Trump continued to publicly criticize McCain, despite McCain's significant role in the Republican Party and his status as a war hero who endured over five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. |
| July 2017 | John McCain was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. |
| May 9 2017 | Began anchoring the afternoon news and opinion program Deadline: White House on MSNBC. |
| November 2016 | Served as an analyst for MSNBC's live coverage of the election results, alongside Brian Williams, Rachel Maddow, and Chris Matthews. |
| July 18 2015 | During The Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, Trump made controversial comments about John McCain's military service, criticizing McCain and stating he does not consider McCain a war hero. |
| April 2015 | Released her third novel 'Madam President'. |
| September 15 2014 | Made her debut as a co-host on the premiere of the 18th season of The View. |
| September 3 2014 | ABC announced Wallace would join The View as a new co-host. |
| February 2013 | Wallace and her husband publicly supported the legalization of same-sex marriage by submitting an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| 2012 | Portrayed by Sarah Paulson in the film 'Game Change', which she described as credible and capturing the spirit of the McCain campaign. |
| 2011 | Wallace and her husband Mark had a son. |
| September 2011 | Published the sequel to 'Eighteen Acres' titled 'It's Classified', which explores a fictional presidential campaign inspired by her experience as a senior adviser to the McCain/Palin campaign. |
| 2010 | Published her first novel 'Eighteen Acres', a fictional narrative about three powerful women in the White House, drawing on her political experience. |
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