How old is James O'Keefe?

An American activist and filmmaker, James O’Keefe is internationally famous for undercover investigations and provocative videos involving political organizations, media outlets, and public institutions. He was born in 1984 in New Jersey. As a young man, he studied philosophy at Rutgers University, where he also founded a conservative student newspaper and began experimenting with hidden-camera projects.

O’Keefe first gained national attention in 2009 with the release of undercover videos involving the community organization ACORN. The controversy helped make him a major figure in conservative media and led to the creation of Project Veritas, a nonprofit known for undercover recordings targeting news organizations, government agencies and other groups. He later authored the books Breakthrough and American Pravda documenting his investigative work.

O'Keefe left Project Veritas in 2023 and began producing investigative videos and reports with O’Keefe Media Group. His online audience also has expanded wildly, with more than 2.5 million followers on X on his JamesOKeefeIII account. Over the course of his career, James O'Keefe has become a very recognizable and controversial figure in modern political media.

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