James Joseph Patterson was the son of Joseph Medill Patterson, the founder of the New York Daily News which was the first U.S. daily newspaper to be sold by newsies, and was the eleventh-highest circulated newspaper in the United States as of 2019
He was the only son of Joseph Medill Patterson, the founder of the New York Daily News, and his wife Mary King. As of 2019 it was the eleventh-highest circulated newspaper in the United States. 
