Kasie Sue Hunt was born on May 24, 1985, and is an American political correspondent for CNN.
From 2013 to 2021, she was NBC News Capitol Hill’s correspondent, covering Congress across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms, and was the host of MSNBC’s Way Too Early with Kasie Hunt and Kasie DC.
Hunt graduated from Conestoga High School in 2003. She attended George Washington University graduating magna cum laude with a degree in international affairs in 2006. She earned her master’s degree in sociology from St John’s College, Cambridge.
On August 10, 2021, CNN announced via Twitter that Hunt would be their first hire of CNN+, a new streaming service the network would be launching. In that role, Hunt would serve as an anchor of a new show, The Source with Kasie Hunt. Additionally, it was announced that Hunt would serve as Chief National Affairs Analyst. Kasie Hunt’s new program debuted on CNN+ on March 29, 2022. It ended on April 22, 2022, the day after it was announced that CNN+ would be shutting down, which it did on April 28.
Kasie Hunt married NBC News producer Matt Rivera on May 6, 2017. In September 2019, she gave birth to her first child, a boy. In March 2023, she gave birth to her second child, a girl.
In October 2021, Hunt underwent a four-hour surgery for the successful removal of a benign brain tumor
Kasie Hunt Siblings: Who Is Carly Hunt?
Hunt was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and grew up in Wayne, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Bruce and Krista Hunt and the sibling of younger sister Carly Hunt.