Dr Hilary became a household name thanks to his long-running stint on GMTV in the 1990s.
Often appearing on Good Morning Britain throughout the coronavirus pandemic he was a voice of reason amid scary times. He has been dishing out medical advice on TV for years as he has appeared on ITV alongside the likes of Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, Kate Garraway and Lorraine Kelly.
He's been a familiar face on our TV screens for more than 30 years and has a life in show business, but he can easily step away from it all when he heads home to rural Kent. Off screen Dr Hilary lives a pretty quiet life in Edenbridge with his wife, who is famous in her own right, reports KentLive.
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Dr Hilary didn't always mix medicine with television - in fact, being a GP was almost a part of his genetic make-up. His father was a GP in the NHS.
He told The Telegraph: “My father was an NHS GP in the days when they worked around the clock and for very little money, so money was always tight. While food in the cupboards and a roof over your head were always a given, anything else above that was a bit of a luxury.”
A career in medicine
But that didn't put him off pursuing a career in medicine himself. He attended Latymer Upper School on the banks of the River Thames before qualifying as a medical doctor at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead in 1976.
He held various positions in the medical field, including being the only medical officer on Tristan da Cunha, a group of islands in the South Atlantic, in 1978. Upon his return to the UK, Dr Hilary became a junior doctor at Basingstoke Hospital and from 1982 onwards, became a full-time GP in the Basingstoke area.
Rise to fame
Dr Hilary got his first TV role with GMTV in 1989, becoming the Health and Medical Advisor from 1993 onwards. He was responsible for reporting on emerging medical stories as well as informing viewers about common medical problems, including weight loss, contraception, surgery and cancer, and he has continued to perform these duties ever since.
Dr Hilary retained his position as the nation's doctor when GMTV was replaced by Daybreak and Lorraine in 2010 and when Daybreak became Good Morning Britain in 2014. His role became even more crucial amid the coronavirus pandemic, when he appearing on the show every morning to keep the public updated with the latest medical advice.
It was this dedication and hard work that saw him awarded an MBE for providing a crucial voice of reassurance during an otherwise stressful time for many. He would often be seen first thing in the morning debunking myths and going through the latest round of guidance.
But Good Morning Britain isn't the only TV appearance Dr Hilary has made during the course of his career. Dr Hilary also co-presented The Health Show with Terry Wogan, presented weekly social action programme Loud & Clear for three years, and appeared as a panelist on the 2002 'docucomedy' series Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment.
He's also had a regular slot discussing medical issues on Steve Wright's BBC Radio 2 programme since 2000. On top of his TV and radio appearances, the celebrity GP also works as a medical adviser for online clinic HealthExpress, where he hosts a number of health advice videos and live 'Twitter Clinics', offering tailor made information on a range of health questions posed by the public.
And if he wasn't busy enough already Dr Hilary has also tried his hand at writing - penning a weekly column for the News of the World until the newspaper closed in July 2011. He continues to answer readers' health problems in Rosemary Conley's Diet and Fitness magazine, and edits and contributes to his own magazine Family Healthcare with Dr Hilary Jones.
Dr Hilary has also written a number of his own health related books, with his first novel A Day In Your Life reaching number six in the top ten hardback non-fiction bestseller list. In fact Dr Hilary has become such a celebrity off the back of his TV career, that he even participated in the fifth series of Dancing on Ice and appeared on an episode of The Chase Celebrity Special.
His famous wife Dee
Off the small-screen Dr Hilary is happily married to wife Dee Thresher, who is famous in her own right as a health and fitness expert. Dee is actually Dr Hilary's third wife - prior to their marriage he was married to Anne Marie Vives, with whom he has two sons Tristan and Sebastian, and Sarah Harvey, which saw him welcome twins Samantha and Rupert, and son Dylan.
His home in Edenbridge
But there's more to Dr Hilary and Dee than the glitz and glam of showbiz life. The celebrity couple live in a "quirky" house in Edenbridge with their springer spaniel dog Harley. While the doctor keeps his home life off his social media channels, the star has spoken a bit about his home's character and charm, something he and his wife "love."
Dr Hilary previously said: "It's just old and nothing's in a straight line, and nothing's level. "It's a nightmare for decorating, but we just love the house." He added: "I'm pretty good at maintenance, I've always got a project on. Dee does all the cooking though because I don't really go in the kitchen! She's Cypriot and cooks some wonderful dishes."
Their quiet life was shaken up slightly amid in October last year when anti-vax protesters stood outside his home and began shouting through megaphones. But it's still not clear whether Dr Jones, 68, was actually even home at the time with no sign of any response to the protesters provocations. Dr Hilary is also a patron of The Meningitis Research Foundation, The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Action and has also supported a range of other charities in his spare time.
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