John Roberts Biography
John Roberts (born John David Roberts) is an American Emmy Award-winning News Anchor/Reporter and Correspondent working for Fox News. He joined the station in January of 2011. He co-anchors America Reports from Monday to Friday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. alongside Sandra Smith.
John Roberts Date of Birth / Birthday/ How old is John Roberts?
Roberts is 65 years old as of 2021. He was born on November 15, 1956, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He, therefore, celebrates his birthday on the 15th of November every year.
John Roberts Measurements/Height/ How tall is John Roberts?
Roberts stands at a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m).
John Roberts Partner/ Wife/ Is John Roberts married?
Roberts is not married but he is engaged to his lovely partner, Kyra Phillips. They engaged on April 25, 2010. However, Roberts had a wife before being engaged to Kyra Phillips, and they divorced in the year 2008. Information about Roberts’ ex-wife is currently under review.
John Roberts Kids/Children
Roberts and his partner Kyra Phillips take pride in being mom and dad to their 2 identical children, Kellan Clay and Sage Ann.
John Roberts Relatives/ Family
Roberts was raised in Mississauga, Ontario. He has managed to keep information about his family away from the public, however, we will update the information once it’s available.
John Roberts Schooling/Education
Roberts transferred from Erindale Secondary School to Lorne Park Secondary School. After graduating from secondary school, he attended the University of Toronto’s Erindale College.
John Roberts Fox News
Roberts serves at Fox News as a News Anchor. He began as a senior national correspondent, and in 2017, he became the Fox News Chief White House Correspondent. He held his current position in the year 2021. As an anchor, he was recently a presenter of headline-driving interviews with Brian Deese(White House National Economic Council director) and John Kirby(Pentagon Press Secretary). Also, he presented with several other members of the Biden administration. Additionally, Roberts’ secured an exclusive interview with former United States Olympian Caitlyn Jenner in the year 2022.
As a Chief White House Correspondent, he covered the top headlines emanating out of the Trump administration. He was often attending White House briefings and reported on the second impeachment of then-President Donald Trump in the year 2021. He also traveled with the former president, to provide live reports from the 2019 North Korea-United States Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. Roberts was also a contributor to Fox News’ live report of President Trump’s 2018 Russia-United States Summit. This is the time when President Trump met with Vladimir Putin(the Russian President) in Helsinki, Finland. While in Europe, Roberts also took live reports from the NATO Summit in Belgium as well as President Trump’s visits with Queen Elizabeth II and Theresa May(UK Prime Minister). In the same year, he also covered live from the Singapore Summit between North Korea and the United States.
As a senior national correspondent, Roberts took coverage on the 2016 presidential election where he had interviews with various notable party members. He interviewed then-presidential candidates Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, and other party members. Also, he did live reports on every breaking story and political event, ranging from Democratic and Republican National Conventions to the 2012 and 2016 presidential debates to the 2011 Hurricane Irene. He also reported on the murder trial of Robert Durst(real estate heir), as well as the United States Ebola outbreak.
Roberts has been responsible for the securing of an exclusive interview with embattled Rob Ford(Toronto Mayor) in the year 2013. The interview surrounded allegations of his drinking and drug use. He also provided live coverage from Moore, Oklahoma, in the wake of the deadly EF5 tornado.
John Roberts CNN
Before joining Fox News, Roberts was working for CNN. He worked there from the year 2007 to the year 2010 as a co-anchor of CNN’s American Morning. Before anchoring CNN’s American Morning, he was CNN’s senior national correspondent and anchor of This Week at War. There he examined international wars, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan. While at CNN, he traveled internationally to cover every major news, ranging from the July 2005 London bombings to Yugoslavia during the NATO bombing to the earthquakes in Turkey. Additionally, he got to interview; the former presidents: George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Also, former Vice President Al Gore, Pervez Musharraf(Pakistani President), and the late Yitzhak Rabin.
Before going to CNN, Roberts worked for CBS News. He spent 14 years there working as chief medical correspondent and the chief White House correspondent. Also, he anchored the weekend editions of the CBS Morning News and CBS Evening News. Roberts was embedded with the United States Marines during the war in Iraq. He was also responsible for the anchorage of the CBS Evening News coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and Hurricane Katrina. For one year(from 1994 to 1995), Roberts, was an anchor of the evening news on WCBS-TV (CBS 2) in New York.
John Roberts Profession
Roberts works for Fox News as a News Anchor. Previously, he was working for CNN. He started his career in Canada, where he anchored and served as a correspondent for City TV in Toronto. Additionally, he served as a co-anchor of CTV’s morning news program, Canada A.M.(1990-1992).
Throughout his career, he has won several awards. He holds an Emmy Award, 3 national Emmy Awards, a New York Press Club award. He received these awards for his coverage of the death of Princess Diana, the Atlanta Olympic bombing, and the TWA crash. In addition, for Roberts’ coverage of the crisis along the Israeli-Lebanese border in the year 2006, he received a National Headline Award.
John Roberts Income
Roberts receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
John Roberts Net Worth
Through Roberts’ career as an Anchor/Reporter/Correspondent, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1million and $1.5 million.
John Roberts Twitter and Instagram
Roberts is active on his social media accounts. He has about 251,110 followers on his Twitter account and around 1,610 followers on his Instagram account.