Who is Trevor Noah?
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Jon Stewart's replacement on "The Daily Show" has been announced, according to NBC News.
The show's new host will be Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa who likes to joke that he was "born a crime," according to The Daily Beast, because interracial marriage was illegal under apartheid.
Noah has only appeared on the show three times. He will take over sometime in 2016.
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"You don't believe it for the first few hours," Noah told The New York Times. "You need a stiff drink, and then unfortunately you're in a place where you can't really get alcohol." He was in Dubai at the time.
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Noah's career in post-apartheid South Africa was featured in a documentary by David Paul Meyer called, "You Laugh But It's True."
Stewart offered his endorsement of Noah:
"He's a tremendous comic and talent that we've loved working with ... In fact, I may rejoin as a comic just to be a part of it," he said.
Read NBC News' full story. AP contributed to this report.
