Jo Beckwith
American YouTuber
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Jordan 'Jo' Beckwith is an American YouTuber and activist also known as Footless Jo. She is a below-knee amputee whose content focuses on disability and mental health awareness.
Jo Beckwith | |
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Beckwith in 2024 | |
| Born | Jordan Beckwith |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Subscribers | 1.06 million |
| Views | 653 million |
| Last updated: December 19, 2025 | |
| Website | www |
Early life
When she was 13, Beckwith fell off a horse while riding in Colorado Springs, fracturing her ankle. She subsequently underwent many surgeries, but continued to experience chronic pain and limited functionality.[1]
Career
Beckwith began her YouTube channel, Footless Jo, during her recovery from amputation in 2018.[2] 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.[1] Footless Jo focuses on amputation, disability, and mental health. Beckwith's second channel, Trauma Talk, which she stopped posting to in 2021,[3] explored living in the aftermath of trauma.
In 2021, Beckwith partnered with Shades for Migraine in a media campaign to raise awareness about migraines.[4] She has said her migraines, which began in her 20s, are more debilitating and difficult than being an amputee.[5] Beckwith appeared in a 2024 commercial for the migraine medication Nurtec ODT, which also featured Lady Gaga.[6]
As of May 2024, Footless Jo has 1.01 million subscribers. Beckwith also has 118,000 followers on Instagram and 744,200 followers on TikTok.[1]
Personal life
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 a below-knee amputation on October 11, 2018, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver.[9][7]
On August 27, 2015, Beckwith married Brian Thomas.[10] The two divorced in 2022.[11]
Beckwith is a stroke survivor. She experienced a cerebellar occipital stroke on January 28, 2024, while practicing jiu-jitsu.[12]
Beckwith spent several years as a follower of Charismatic Christianity and was a devout conservative Christian until early adulthood. She has since used her online platform to criticize the movement's faith-healing doctrine and no longer subscribes to this belief or belongs to a specific religious denomination.[13]