John King

John King (born August 30, 1963) is an American news anchor. He is CNN's chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C., and is the weekday anchor of its roundtable political discussion program Inside Politics. He formerly anchored State of the Union and John King, USA. Personal life King was born in Boston. He is of Irish descent with ancestors from Dún Locháin, Co. Galway. He attended Boston Latin School, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island. John King and Jean Makie, his first wife, have two children, named Noah and Hannah. After divorcing Makie, King married his second wife, fellow CNN anchor Dana Bash on May 25, 2008. Before marrying Bash, King (previously a Roman Catholic) converted to Judaism, Bash's religion. Bash and King have a son, Jonah, who was born in June 2011. The couple separated in March 2012. On October 19, 2021, King revealed on his show Inside Politics that he has multiple sclerosis and is thus immunocompromised. The following day, he revealed to CNN New Day anchor John Berman that he had been diagnosed 13 years earlier. According to King, he had problems feeling his legs since covering the Clinton administration in the late 1990s. After those problems worsened during the 2008 presidential campaign, he received his diagnosis.