American journalist John King has an estimated net worth of $2 million in 2012. He is known to appear on CNN on weeknights at 7pm/ET as well as USA, John King and State of the Union with John King.

Of Irish ancestry, John King was born on August 30, 1963 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He attended the University of Rhode Island where he finished his degree in Journalism. It was in 1985 when he joined Associated Press as a writer. Six years later, he became the chief political correspondent, and he covered the presidential elections in 1992 and 1996. In 1997, he started for CNN. From 1999 through 2005, he became the network's senior correspondent to the White House.

In 2008, John King married Dana Bash, his wife of four years. They divorced in 2012. Dana and John have a son together named Jonas. John King has two other children from previous relationships.