Where is Jim Bob now? Daughter Jill Duggar honors dad on Father’s Day following estrangement

Jim Bob Duggar, once a popular television personality, has stayed out of the spotlight for quite some time now. James Robert Duggar, commonly known as Jim Bob, is married to Michelle, with whom he shares nineteen kids. Jim Bob and Michelle, along with all their children, were featured on the 2008 TLC reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting. The unique show, which covered the daily lives of the Duggar family, catapulted all of them to fame, primarily Jim and his wife Michelle.

This Father's Day, one of Jim's daughters, Jill Duggar, who is married to Derick Dillard, with whom she shares three children, took to Instagram to wish him a "Happy Father's Day." However, Jill not only paid tribute to her husband but also wished her father, Jim, a "Happy Father's Day" and wrote a few kind words about him, recalling her childhood. 34-year-old Jill, as she wished her father on the big day after years of estrangement, had stirred curiosity among netizens, and now they're wondering what Jim has been up to all this time.

The stars of 19 Kids and Counting, Jim and Michelle, who gained fame during the 2010s, have been out of the public eye since their reality show was officially canceled on July 16, 2015, due to the 2015 child molestation allegations against their first child, Joshua Duggar. However, for those who are wondering where Jim Bob is now, he and his wife, Michelle, are in Tonitown, Arkansas, living with some of their kids who chose to stay with them.

59-year-old Jim Bob, who, besides being a television personality, is also a politician and has been a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. Not to mention, both Jim and Michelle, who hold real estate licenses, continue to be a part of the real estate industry. Jim, who is also an author, has maintained a healthy relationship with most of his children, except a few of them, including Jill Duggar. As the Duggar family keeps expanding, Jim has about 32 grandchildren, as per People.

Jill Duggar wished "Happy Father's Day" to Jim Bob on social media

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While Jill Duggar has had a strained relationship with her father, Jim Bob, she took the opportunity to wish him a "Happy Father's Day" on Instagram on June 15, 2025. As she wished her husband, who is the father of her three children, she also paid tribute to her own father, saying:

"And happy Father’s Day to my own dad @duggarfam who always made time for us kids and kept things exciting and adventurous growing up, including the family bike rides, work days at the car lot, meals of cold butter beans with ketchup and BBQ tunafish sandwiches."

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