Pete Williams does not have children.
Williams was outed as gay in 1991 by journalist and activist Michelangelo Signorile. He subsequently confirmed this in a 1991 interview.
Williams is reportedly married to a Psychiatrist David L Gardner, MD but there has not been any information of them giving birth or adopting a child.
Pete Williams is a former American journalist and former government official. From 1993-2022, he worked as a television correspondent for NBC News.
Born and raised in Casper, Wyoming, Williams graduated from Natrona County High School and then Stanford University, where he had originally studied engineering but later changed to journalism.
Williams began his career in local news with the Casper, Wyoming, television station KTWO and its eponymous radio station in 1974.
In 1989, he served in the administration of President George H. W. Bush.
After leaving the Defense Department, Williams became a correspondent for NBC News in late March 1993.
In 2012, the University of Wyoming awarded Williams an honorary Doctor of Letters, in recognition of his many contributions to journalism.
Williams was named the recipient of the 2018 John F. Hogan Award, presented annually by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).
Pete Williams retired from NBC News on July 29, 2022.