THE VIP LOUNGE Chris Wallace on ear plugs, his Globe years, and that time he went to Russia right after a tough Putin interview We caught up with the Fox News journalist to talk about all things travel. By Juliet Pennington Globe correspondent,Updated April 14, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Chris Wallace and his wife, Lorraine, at Catherine's Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2018. In the more than 17 years that veteran broadcast journalist Chris Wallace has hosted âFox News Sundayâ (which marks its 25th anniversary on April 28), he has reported on a variety of topics spanning four US presidential administrations. âThereâs always something new in terms of the story line, in terms of the balance of power in Washington, in terms of the challenges the country is facing,â said Wallace, 72. On the international front, Wallace recalls interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018 and asking him why people who oppose him âend up dead.â He was heading to neighboring Russia for a weekâs vacation with his wife the day after the interview. âI remember thinking at the end of it: Gee, is this a good idea to be going right after this?â he said. âBut I figured: What the heck â Iâm this close.â Wallace said that all turned out well and that they had a âwonderful time.â The Chicago native, whose pre-Fox professional credentials include âNBC Nightly Newsâ anchor, âMeet the Pressâ moderator, and âABC Primetimeâ correspondent, got his start in Boston after graduating from Harvard. âI worked at the Globe for 3½ years. I was the City Hall reporter covering Kevin White and Louise Day Hicks, and then from there I went on to be the national reporter at the Globe,â he said. âIt was my first job out of college and it was a great start in the business Iâve been in for the last half century.â Wallace also has fond memories of Marthaâs Vineyard, where he vacationed with his dad, the late broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, then later with his own family. Wallace said he considered getting a place on the Vineyard, but ended up buying a second home in Annapolis, Md. â less than an hourâs drive from his home in Washington, D.C. âI miss the Vineyard, but this is a heck of a lot easier to get to and from.â Wallace and his wife, Lorraine, a cookbook author, have six children between them (it is the second marriage for both; he has four kids and she has two), and seven grandchildren â with an eighth on the way. We caught up with Wallace to talk about all things travel.