John King Biography, Age, Wife, Cnn, Inside Politics, Networth

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John King Biography

John King is an American news anchor. He is CNN’s chief national correspondent based in Washington and anchor of roundtable political discussion program Inside Politics.

John is the former anchor of State of the Union and also John King, USA. IT appeared weeknights at 7pm/ET on CNN before being cancelled.

John King Age

King was born on August 30, 1963 in Boston Massachusetts, U.S. He is [agecalc birthdate=1963-08-30]

John King First Marriage

King married his first wife Jean Makie but later divorced.

John King Wife – John King Ex Wife

He married his second wife a fellow CNN anchor Dana Bash on May 25, 2008. Before he married Dana, he was previously a Roman Catholic but converted to Judaism, Dana’s religion. The couple later separated in March 2012.

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King John Children

John has two children with his first wife, Noah and Hannah. He had a son with Bash, Jonah born in June 2011.

John King Education

King attended University of Rhode Island and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He has also been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from URI and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

John King Career

King joined the Associated Press in 1985 where he began as a writer. In 1991, he was named chief political correspondent and headed the AP’s political coverage of the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections. In 1991, he won the top reporting prize from the Associated Press Managing Editors’ Association for his coverage of the Gulf War in Kuwait.

John King Cnn

In his role as chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C., John is instrumental in CNN’s daily reporting and breaking news coverage. As part of CNN’s America’s Choice 2012 election coverage, John reported from the trail and moderated three presidential primary debates.

John previously anchored John King, USA and he launched State of the Union with John King, the network’s Sunday political news program on January 2009. John visited 50 states in 52 weeks to chronicle the first year of the Obama presidency.

He moderated gubernatorial debates in Massachusetts and Florida during the 2010 election cycle. He was a member of CNN’s 2008 Peabody Award-winning political team, when he broke news that Barack Obama had chosen Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate.

John pioneered the use of CNN’s “Magic Wall” during the 2008 election, and contributed to CNN’s Emmy-winning 2006 midterm coverage.

He joined CNN in May 1997 and then became chief national correspondent in April 2005. He also served as CNN’s senior White House correspondent from 1999 to 2005. His duties included reporting on the Iraq war and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

King traveled with Secretary of State Colin Powell to Indonesia, Thailand and other South Asian countries in December 2004, and then he remained in the region to cover the disaster and aftermath of the tsunami that took more than 175,000 lives in the region.

During the Clinton administration, John conducted an exclusive joint interview in May 1998 with President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair in Birmingham, England.

In addition to his domestic reporting, he covered a number of major international events which included the first Persian Gulf War, the U.S. military operation to restore the Aristide government to Haiti and also the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the president of South Africa.

John King Inside Politics

King anchors the Sunday morning (and more frequently during presidential-election years) news program Inside Politics, it features a rotating roundtable of members of the media who share their insights of current political topics with King.

He also frequently appears on the nightly news programs The Situation Room and Anderson Cooper 360° and sometimes he fills in as anchor.

John King Cnn Net Worth

John has a net worth of $2 million .

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