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 printed in tabloid format, 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. It was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format, it reached its peak circulation in 1947, at 2.4 million copies a day. As of 2019 it was the eleventh-highest circulated newspaper in the United States. 
