Jordan 'Jo' Beckwith is an American YouTuber and advocate also known as Footless Jo. She is a below-knee amputee whose content focuses on disability and mental health awareness.
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Born | Jordan Beckwith | ||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||
Occupation | YouTuber | ||||||
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Years active | 2018-present | ||||||
Subscribers | 985,000 [1] (January 2024) | ||||||
Total views | 503.61 million[1] (June 2023) | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
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Last updated: 19 June 2023 |
When she was 13, Beckwith fell off a horse while riding in Colorado Springs, fracturing her ankle. She subsequently underwent many surgeries, but remained with chronic pain and limited functionality.[2]
Beckwith began her YouTube channel, Footless Jo, during her recovery from amputation in 2018.[3] In 2019, the channel became more prominent following a video she released titled, "How I Said Goodbye to My Ankle". That video went viral and garnered over 8 million views.[2] Footless Jo focuses on amputation, disability, and mental health. Beckwith's second channel, Trauma Talk, which she stopped posting to in 2021,[4] explored living in the aftermath of trauma.
In 2021, Beckwith partnered with Shades for Migraine in a media campaign to raise awareness about migraines.[5] She has said her migraines, which began in her 20s, are more debilitating and difficult than being an amputee.[6]
As of April 2022, Footless Jo has 688,000 subscribers. Beckwith also has 40,000 followers on Instagram and 71,800 followers on TikTok.[2]
Beckwith lives in Colorado.[7] In 2018, at age 27, Beckwith began considering amputation after being told that an ankle replacement, the other treatment option, would only delay amputation for another 1.5–5 years.[8] She underwent below-knee amputation on October 11, 2018, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver.[9][7] She was married to Brian until their divorce in 2022.[10]