Inside Jana Duggar’s World Outside of Her Big Family

The oldest Duggar child Josh was born on March 3, 1988. He also became a conservative activist, campaigning for the Family Research Council.

He resigned after old police records emerged in 2015 that revealed he was accused of molesting multiple girls, including his sister. Jessa again Jill, when he was a teenager. Jessa defended her brother when she sat down with Fox News in June, insisting that the worst names people called Josh were “exaggerated and false, really. I mean people get mad at me for saying that, but I can say this. Because I was one of the victims.”

His wife also stuck by him, including after he admitted to being unfaithful. When he entered the treatment center in 2016, his parents called it “an important first step in recovery and treatment.” Parents of three children—a daughter. Mackynzie (Oct. 8, 2009) and sons Michael (June 15, 2011) and Marcus (June 2, 2013)—when the scandal broke, Anna gave birth to their fourth child, Meredithon July 16, 2015, the same day TLC was canceled 19 Children. Their fifth child, a son Mason Garetwas born on September 12, 2017, a daughter Maryella Hope came Nov. 27, 2019 and 7 children, Madison Lilyborn on October 23, 2021.

In federal indictments filed in April 2021, Josh was charged with receiving and possessing child pornography. He denied both charges. In 2022, Josh was found guilty of both crimes, and sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison.