The rise of Jimmy Kimmel: From raunchy TV skits, to talkshow host to now Biden’s emcee

To get people to donate and show up at President Joe Biden’s fundraiser Saturday, June 15, in Los Angeles, host Jimmy Kimmel sent out an unusual appeal via text message:

He described himself as host of a “poorly rated” late-night TV show (“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”) that Biden’s presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump hates to watch, adding the event will feature “extra malarkey” as promised by Joe Biden.

While Kimmel has bashed former President Trump as a rambling, incoherent speaker...