Financial reports show the potential defense secretary’s pay from past speaking and writing, some of which provided fodder for senators during his confirmation hearing.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Pentagon, earned more than $6 million over the last two years thanks to income as a Fox News host, book royalties and speaking fees, according to his financial disclosure statement.

Hegseth joined Fox in 2014 after being hired as a contributor by network boss Roger Ailes. Hegseth co-hosted Fox & Friends as well as the station’s New Year’s Eve special All-American New Year with political commentator Lisa Kennedy Montgomery.

Pete Hegseth made more than $2 million annually as a Fox News host before he left to pursue a Cabinet bid, according to records reported by the Washington Post on Monday. Hegseth, whose Senate confirmation hearing is set to begin Tuesday for his secretary of defense nomination by President-elect Donald Trump,