John Roberts Biography
John Roberts whose full name is John David Roberts is a Fox News Channel journalist with both Canadian and American citizenship. Roberts is a co-anchor of the show ‘America Reports’, a television news show on Fox News. Prior to being a show anchor Roberts was Fox News’ Chief White House Correspondent from 2017 to 2021, covering Donald Trump’s presidency.
How old is John Roberts? – Age
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Roberts is 67 years old as of November 15, 2023. He was born in 1956.
John Roberts Family
Roberts was born in Toronto and raised in Mississauga, Ontario. He attended Erindale Secondary School, Lorne Park Secondary School, and Erindale College at the University of Toronto. His birth name is John Robertson but he shortened his name to Roberts so as not to be confused for his uncle also known as John Robertson, he was a columnist and sports news journalist.
Is John Roberts of Fox news Married? – Partner/Wife
The America Reports co-anchor has been married once and currently engaged to a fellow American journalist by the name Kyra Phillips. Ms. Phillips is a correspondent for ABC News and the couple has been engaged since April 25, 2010. Prior to their relationship, Roberts was married till 2008 when he got divorced.
John Roberts Children
Roberts is a father of four children. He has two children with his ex-wife and other two children with his partner Kyra Phillips. The last two are twins known as Sage Ann and Kellan and they were born in 2011.
John Roberts Career
Roberts most recently served as Fox New Channel’s chief White House correspondent, covering the most important stories coming out of Washington, D.C. He regularly attended White House briefings and covered President Donald Trump’s second impeachment. Previously, he covered the US-North Korea summit live from Hanoi, Vietnam, for FNC. In 2018, he contributed to FNC’s special live coverage of President Trump’s trip to Europe, which included stops in Brussels, Belgium for the NATO Summit, in the United Kingdom for meetings with Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II, and in Helsinki, Finland for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In addition, Roberts provided live coverage of the United States-North Korea summit in Singapore. Roberts had been following and reporting on the Republican presidential campaign in 2016. He landed behind-the-scenes interviews with then-Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, and other prominent members of the party.
During his time at FNC, he covered numerous breaking news and political events, including the 2012 and 2016 presidential debates, the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and Hurricane Irene.
Roberts obtained an exclusive interview with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who is facing allegations of drinking and drug use. In the aftermath of the deadly EF5 tornado, he also reported live from Moore, Oklahoma. Roberts previously co-anchored CNN’s American Morning from 2007 to 2010. Previously, he was CNN’s senior national correspondent and the host of This Week at War, which examined international conflicts such as those in Afghanistan and Iraq. Throughout his career, he has traveled internationally to report on major breaking news, including the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the July 2005 London bombings, and the earthquakes in Turkey.Roberts hosted the evening news on WCBS-TV (CBS 2) in New York from 1994 to 1995. Roberts began his career in Canada, where he worked as an anchor and correspondent for City TV in Toronto, as well as co-hosting CTV’s morning news show, Canada A.M., from 1990 to 1992.
He has also interviewed former Presidents George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, as well as former Vice President Al Gore, the late Yitzhak Rabin, and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Before joining CNN in 2006, he worked for CBS News for more than 14 years, where he was the chief White House correspondent, chief medical correspondent, and anchor of the CBS Evening News and CBS Morning News weekend editions. While there, he was embedded with the U.S. Marines during the war in Iraq and anchored the CBS Evening News coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the death of Pope John Paul II.
John Roberts Salary
When compared to CNN, ABC, CBS, and other national news organizations, Fox News anchors earn the most. The average annual salary for a FOX news anchor is $75,000, or $36 per hour. Fox news anchor salaries are higher than the national average of $58,000 for all news anchors.