Joe Swanson is a character in the television comedy series "Family Guy". He is good friends with other main characters, Peter Griffin and Glenn Quagmire. He is in a wheelchair because a criminal hit him with a pipe, and later shot him in both of his legs. He is married to Bonnie Swanson. Although their relationship is not as strong as Peter Griffin and Lois Griffin, they appear to put up with each other for the time being. They had one son, Kevin Swanson, and a daughter, for which Bonnie was pregnant for about 7-8 years instead of 9 months. Joe works as a police officer, and is 43 years old.