Editing Jon Stewart (section)

=== Marriage and family ===
A production assistant on ''Wishful Thinking'' arranged a 1995 blind date between Stewart and Tracey Lynn McShane.<ref name="CNN020322">{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/22/lkl.00.html |title=Interview With Jon Stewart |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 30, 2008 |date=February 7, 2001 |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206082223/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/22/lkl.00.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=DailyShow4.23.02>{{cite video |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=115735&title=beau-bridges&tag=%20Earth%20Day&itemId=109947&to=7 |title=Beau Bridges |work=The Daily Show |date=April 23, 2002 |time=4 minutes, 50 seconds |access-date=July 18, 2008}}</ref> Stewart proposed to her through a personalized crossword puzzle created with the help of [[Will Shortz]], crossword editor at ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0616/p15s01-almo.html |title=Play on words |last=Steve |first=Irene |date=June 16, 2006 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220030246/http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0616/p15s01-almo.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/dr-sudoku-prescribes-a-modest-proposal/ |title=Dr. Sudoku Presents: A Modest Proposal |last=Snyder |first=Thomas |magazine=Wired |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220123522/http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/dr-sudoku-prescribes-a-modest-proposal |url-status=live}}</ref> Married in 2000,<ref name="CNN020322"/><ref name=DailyShow4.23.02/><ref>{{cite video |url=http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2001/8/15/1/an-hour-with-the-host-of-the-daily-show-jon-stewart |title=An hour with the host of 'The Daily Show' Jon Stewart |publisher=[[Charlie Rose]] |date=August 15, 2001 |time=51 minutes, 28 seconds |access-date=July 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807090038/http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2001/8/15/1/an-hour-with-the-host-of-the-daily-show-jon-stewart |archive-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> the two filed a joint [[name change]] application legally changing their surnames to "Stewart" on June 19, 2001.<ref name=SmokingGun/> With the help of [[in vitro fertilisation|in vitro fertilization]], the couple has two children.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |title=Tracey Stewart's Animal Planet |first=Judith |last=Newman |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 10, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222093645/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Baker |first1=KC |last2=Silverman |first2=Stephen M. |date=February 7, 2006 |title=A Baby Girl for Jon Stewart |magazine=People |url=https://people.com/celebrity/a-baby-girl-for-jon-stewart/ |access-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126162555/https://people.com/celebrity/a-baby-girl-for-jon-stewart/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, he adopted a [[vegetarian]] diet for ethical reasons; his wife is a long-time [[veganism|vegan]].<ref name="vegetarian">{{cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Judith |title=Tracey Stewart's Animal Planet |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=October 10, 2015 |url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |author-link=Judith Newman |access-date=April 14, 2016 |archive-date=May 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517060827/http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Later, he became vegan as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livekindly.com/jon-stewart-vegan-because-pigs-with-personality/ |title=Jon Stewart Is Vegan Because of Pigs With 'Personality' |last=Smith |first=Kat |website=LIVEKINDLY |date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>