Following his career in the Marines, Kelly became a news anchor in
Binghamton, New York. Later, he was a political reporter for
NY1 in
New York City, covering the
September 11 attacks. He joined Fox News in 2002. During the 2003 U.S.
invasion of Iraq, Kelly was an embedded reporter with the
United States Army's
3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade. He received a minor
shrapnel wound to the face when a
mortar round exploded near him. In January 2013, Price announced his departure, and Kelly was moved back to
Good Day New York. Kelly left
Good Day New York in September 2017, replaced by former
WABC-TV anchor
Lori Stokes.
Newsmax In January 2020, Kelly joined
Newsmax TV, where he hosts
Greg Kelly Reports in the 7 pm slot. In March 2021, Kelly joined
WABC radio in New York City, to host in daytime. In June 2021, Kelly generated controversy by
tweeting, and then deleting, a statement that "Military life had its Perks, but it was also a major pain. I will tell you what took 'the sting out of it'—that when I was flying around the
Pacific Ocean off of ships, I knew there was a
Secretary of Defense who was white, just like me! Made a big difference with 'morale'". Kelly said that these tweets were sarcastic and meant to indicate his opposition to racism. Kelly's followed up with the following tweet, "Now the TRUTH: being a MARINE had nothing to do with RACE. It didn’t matter. It wasn’t ’a thing’—the EXPERIENCE brought us together, no matter what we were. In September of the next year, he said on
Greg Kelly Reports that the
Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture was "creating more division" and asked "how much can we learn about
Harriet Tubman?".{{Cite web| title = Newsmax's Greg Kelly accuses the National Museum of African American History and Culture of 'creating more division' ==Personal life==