President Donald Trump 's new Secretary of Transportation has an interesting Massachusetts connection. Sean Duffy, who was sworn in on Wednesday as part of the 47th president's cabinet, is a former Wisconsin congressman, an ex-Fox Business television host and, surprisingly enough, a reality TV show star.

Duffy has quickly emerged as the public face of the federal government’s response to the deadly plane crash at Washington’s Reagan National Airport.

TV personality-turned-politician Sean Duffy is the father of nine and was associated with the Fox Network and several TV reality shows before becoming a member of the U.S. House of Representatives