Joe Buck family tree: Meet wife Michelle, four children, late legendary broadcaster dad Jack Buck & more

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Joe Buck is one of the biggest names in sports broadcasting, having been the voice of the World Series for two decades and becoming one of the NFL's most prominent broadcasters.

Buck comes from a family that is no stranger to his job, since his father was one of the legendary broadcasters in the history of baseball. However, Buck has been able to forge his own path to success, becoming recognizable for his own accomplishments.

The rest of Buck's family is no secret to the public spotlight themselves. If they aren't doing play-by-play like Joe and his father, the Bucks have worked in the sports industry and the tv and film industries in their own right.

Here's what you need to know about Joe Buck's family.

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Joe Buck wife: Michelle Beisner-Buck

Michelle Beisner-Buck is Joe Buck's second wife, and the two met in part because they work in the same industry. Beisner-Buck was a Broncos cheerleader in the late-1990s and early-2000s, and she is a trained actor and dancer She currently also works for ESPN with her husband and actually joined the company in 2014, eight years before Joe joined her.

Joe connected with Michelle in 2012 through Rich Eisen, who was working with her on NFL Network at the time. They started dating in 2013 and got married a year.

Beisner-Buck admitted that she was hesitant to date Joe at first due to a misconception of his personality.

"He had this look on his face that seemed so smug and arrogant," Beisner-Buck told The Ringer. "(Joe) is the furthest thing from arrogant or smug that any human being could be. I mean, the complete and opposite end of the spectrum."

Beisner-Buck mainly works on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" doing features while her husband does play-by-play. 

The couple have twin sons together, Beisner-Buck's first two kids.

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Joe Buck twin sons: Wyatt and Blake Buck

With Beisner-Buck, Joe has two twin sons, Wyatt and Blake, who were born on April 26, 2018, one day after Joe's 49th birthday. Joe being an older father gives him another thing that he has in common with his dad, as Jack Buck had Joe when he was in his late-40s as well.

They are Joe's third- and fourth-kids, but his first two with Beisner-Buck and his first two sons. Wyatt and Blake are fraternal twins, which makes it easier to tell them apart.

"So it is taxing and it is tiring. So worth it," Joe said, via The Athletic. "That’s the beauty of being a dad the second time around. I get to see what this leads to. I get to be close with my daughters and now I get to put that work in with my sons."

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Joe Buck daughters

Natalie Buck

Joe Buck's oldest child is Natalie Buck, whom he had with his first wife, Ann Archambault. Natalie is an actress who has had a few smaller roles in the TV Shows "Superstore," "Blue Bloods," and "Your Friends and Neighbors." Natalie also co-hosts the podcast "Causing a Scene" with Sara Gretzky.

Natalie married Bobby Ciapciak in 2025, and they currently live together in New York.

Trudy Buck

Trudy Buck is Joe's second daughter with Archambault and three years younger than her sister. She graduated from USC and is pursing a career in the entertainment industry.

"Trudy, this world has no idea what’s about to hit it as you start your career in tv/film," Joe said in 2022. "I can’t wait to see where that path leads."

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Joe Buck dad: Jack Buck

Joe Buck was always in the spotlight, even as a kid, because of his father. Jack Buck was a legendary sports broadcaster for the Cardinals and Blues who also broadcasted baseball and football at the national level.

"I knew as a kid that eyes were on us when we were out," he said, via St. Louis Magazine. "On a local level, it was pretty intense."

As a broadcaster, Joe has often paid tribute to his dad with big calls, frequently involving the Cardinals. However, his relationship with his dad extended beyond sports.

"It would be me really revising history to say I was paying attention to either A) the game, B) my dad, or C) the art of broadcasting," he added. "Of everything I learned from my dad, if you listed them all in order of importance, somewhere after 10 would probably be how to broadcast."

Buck knew that the Cardinals hired him at just 21 years old because his father was such a big figure in the organization. However, Jack's relationship with his son is a big reason why Joe was ready in the first place.

"I wouldn't have been hired when I was 21 to do the Cardinals if my last name wasn't Buck," he said, "I wouldn't have been prepared in many ways if my last name wasn't Buck because he was involved in bringing me and wanting me with him."

As a young broadcaster following his very famous father's footsteps, Joe had to deal with all kinds of criticism. It was in that moment he it was confirmed to him that being Jack Buck's son wasn't enough to coast through his career.

"I think that was probably my fear in the beginning—am I really any good, or am I just doing this because I’m Jack Buck’s son?" he said. "Eventually, when you do it long enough and you get enough opportunities, you realize you can do it. I don’t know when that realization hit me, but it was a lot later than what people would believe."

Jack was married twice and had eight kids, six with his first wife, Alyce, and two with his second wife, Carole.

Jack died in 2002 at 77 years old after a five-and-a-half month stay in the hospital.

"He had a great life," Joe said in 2002. "He didn't waste one minute of one day. He packed two lifetimes into one lifetime. He went from poor to wealthy in his lifetime, yet he never changed."

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Joe Buck mom: Carole L. Buck

Carole L. Buck was Jack Buck's second wife, the two being a few decades apart in age. Joe is the couple's only son but the two also had a daughter together, Julie Buck.

Carole was an actress who appeared on Broadway in shows like "How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying." Born Carole Lintzenich, Buck's mother came from a football family, and even taught her son about the game when Joe was a kid using empty beer cans.

"I'd say, 'Your job is to get through these people and knock them down and score a touchdown,'" Carole said, via Andrew Marchand. "And he would look at me and say, 'But I like them.' I'd say, 'You are going to have to pretend you don’t like them and hit them.'"

Carole's father, Joe Lintzenich, played for the Bears under George Halas and is whom Buck is named after.

"He was kind of my de facto second dad," Joe said, via Marchand.

While Jack had much influence on Joe's career, the younger Buck also gives credit to his mother for his career.

"She knows what it is like to walk out on the middle of a stage and try to impress somebody and try to be funny and try to deliver," Joe said before he received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2021. "I learned as much from my mom as I did my dad — probably more from my mom."

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Where is Joe Buck from?

Joe Buck was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, but raised in St. Louis, Missouri, as his dad worked as a broadcaster for the Cardinals and Blues. While he no longer works for the Cardinals himself, Joe is still based out of St. Louis.

Daniel Chavkin

Daniel Chavkin is a Digital Content Producer for The Sporting News. A 2018 graduate from the University of Maryland, he has previously written for Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports and NFLTradeRumors.com.