Born in Berea, Kentucky on June 1^st 1955 and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, to professional working parents, Jim, an assistant principal at Princeton High School who taught social studies and his mother who was an inner city nurse. While Tony was still in high school he suffered the sadness of losing his mother to colon cancer. He went on to graduate from Princeton High School in Ohio and in 1977 and went on to obtain his bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Davidson College.

After graduating Tony taught physics and geography in Kenya, and for a while was a substitute teacher in Cincinnati.  He also worked as an advocate for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled in North Carolina. Tony Snow began his career in journalism in North Carolina where he worked for The Greenboro Record newspaper as an editorial writer and then moved on to the same position at the Virginia-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia in n1981. In 1987 Tony married his wife, to whom he remains married, Jill Ellen Walker. They have a son and two daughters. 

Tony’s progression through the ranks of journalism took him to The Washington Post, The Detroit News and USA Today between 1994 and 2000 where he supplied commentary on political issues.  During his newspaper journalism career Tony was the recipient of numerous journalist awards from the Virginia Press Association, the Detroit Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Associated Press and Gannett.  Along with his high profile journalistic accomplishments Tony has also appeared made hi mark radio and television forums including, Face the Nation, Crossfire and Good Morning America.   

Further displaying his talents, Tony is an accomplished musician playing the flute, saxophone and guitar and has been featured on one episode of VH1 Classics and has also played with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Snow served as the stand in host of Rush Limbaugh's program during the 1990’s.  Tony’s first stint at the White House was during the George H W Bush administration when he was chief speech writer and later he became Deputy Assistant of Media Affairs from 1992 to 1993. 

Tony’s television career really took off when he became the host of Fox News Sunday. He was also a frequent commentator on National Public Radio where Snow's own Tony Snow Show on Fox News Radio premiered in late 2003.  

In 2005 Tony was hit with devastating news that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer at which time he had surgery to remove his colon. He was declared fit and after the recovery period and returned to work. 

In April 2006 Tony was to return to the White House for his second stint where he was named as White House Press Secretary for the George W Bush administration, replacing Scott McClellan. The position has historically been offered to the most experienced members of the news media. During his time with television and the press Snow was known to have made many disparaging comments related to Bush, but when Snow accepted the position, Bush acknowledged past remarks by stating he realized Snow was not a man who was afraid to express his own opinions.

Being an integral part of policy debates in the administration was a requirement stipulated by Snow before accepting the position. Tony officially assumed the position in May 2006. 

Less than one year as White House Press Secretary Tony once again revealed, in a television statement in March 2007, that he had again been diagnosed with an abdominal growth which he was having removed during a brief stay in hospital. Within a month Snow was back behind the lectern at the White House press room. 

Tony’s contentious relationship while interacting with reporters has been described as mocking and condescending and he was visibly hostile in his replies to reporters known for their opposition to George W Bush.

Snow's last on-camera White House briefing was on September 12th, 2007 after which he kept a very low profile and led a private life as he battled with colon cancer.

On July 12th 2008 the news broke that Tony had lost his fight with cancer. As press secretary, Snow almost always wore a yellow "Live Strong" Lance Armstrong bracelet with his suit while at the White House podium. As a former newsman himself, he charmed the White House press corps and was widely liked by reporters.