Joy Clinkscale, a Montgomery, Alabama native and resident, is a 2003 graudate of Troy University with a degree in Journalism and Public Relations. She has worked in marketing and graphic design for the past 6 years and is currently on staff in the News Department at WSFA-TV.

Joy and her husband Chris have been married for a little over a year. The two are currently raising their dog-child - a Jack Russell Terrier named Tobbie.