Joseph Duggar and his wife, Kendra Duggar, welcomed four kids before he was arrested in 2026. Joseph was featured on TLC's 19 Kids and Counting alongside his large family, including parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. The show's spinoff, Counting On, later captured him forming a connection with Kendra when they began courting in 2017. "I've known Kendra for about five years now and we met at their church. We've been talking for close to six months. I guess we would call it more of a friendship stage," he explained during a 2017 episode. "I'm nervous to enter into a courtship.