- He was one of four panelists who asked questions of Kennedy and Nixon at their first debate in 1960. After Nixon was elected president in 1968, he put Vanocur on the so-called "White House enemies" list.
- Former NBC News White House correspondent in the 1960s, he also worked for ABC News from 1977-1991.
- He was planning to attend law school, but after getting an opinion piece published in the London Observer newspaper, he decided on a career in journalism.
- He graduated from Northwestern University, studied at the London School of Economics. and served two years in the Army, mainly in Europe.
- Son of Rose (Millman) and Louis Vinocur, a lawyer. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant. His mother was born in Iowa, to Russian Jewish parents.
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