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Abby Huntsman

Being a daughter of popular politician in the USA, Abby Huntsman lives a simple life and chosen a profession which she likes the most. She wanted to build her career on her own and she didn’t use her father’s influence to become successful her life. Though her father is a republican, she presents news impartially and that’s the reason why she is increasing her credibility and her shows are viewed by all.

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Family background

She was born in 1986 and American by birth. Her father, Jon Huntsman is one of the top contenders from the Republican Party for US presidential election in 2012. Before joining in politics, he served in key positions for America including the United States Ambassador to China. Her sisters, Liddy and Mary Anne are also very active during his father’s presidential campaign and Abby Huntsman acted as media advisor for him. She always says that her father gave the much required moral support to pursue her dream.

From her schooling days, she is a very intelligent student and her analytic and reasoning skills are far better than normal person. Because of her father’s job and commitments, she spent most of her childhood days in the Asian Countries. In 2008, she completed her graduation and married Jeffrey Livingston. She met him while graduating at University of Pennsylvania and their relation is on good terms till now. She always keeps her husband away from politics and she prefers to maintain low profile.

Career

From her schooling days, she wanted to become a journalist and started working for famous GMA (behind the scenes) at the age of 16. She didn’t like it and wanted to choose another career option. But working as intern under the supervision of Diane Sawyer is considered to be the turning point of her life. She was so impressed with her working style and news presentation and wanted to become like her.

After finalizing her career option, she never looked back. In 2013, she joined MSNBC's network and hosted the news program The Cycle. Before joining MSNBC, she worked for HuffPost Live. It is a web streaming newsfeed of Huffington Post. She also participated in several discussions and number of debates organized by CNN network. Before starting her career, she clearly stated that she is opting for this purely out of passion and her relation with Huntsman family has nothing to do with her job. After The Cycle program revamped in mid 2015, Abby Huntsman joined FOX network as news reporter and currently working there.

Social Media popularity

Very few journalists and news presenters enjoy immense fan following on social media and Abby Huntsman will secure the top position in that list. More than 49.7K members are following her on Twitter which is more than enough to prove her popularity. She enjoys similar following on other social networking platforms like Facebook and instagram. Her bio is an inspiration to many as she never used her father’s influence to reach new heights in her career. The twitter account @Jon2012Girls created by her along with her sisters became an instant hit and helped immensely in her father’s campaign.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 1 May, 1986
Age: 33 yrs
Occupations: Television presenter
Journalist
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Philadelphia
residence: New York City
Education: University of Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Description: American television host
Twitter Id: HuntsmanAbby
Net Worth 2021: 20 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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