Kimberly Halkett Age, Husband, Kids, Net worth, Biography & More

Kimberly Halkett (born in 1970) is a Canadian Journalist from Victoria (British Columbia, Canada). She covered the White House and American news for Global television since 1988. She worked for the Al Jazeera when it launched.

Additionally, she had covered the Donald Trump administration. She prepared the content on different topics like US politics, the Middle East, religion, justice, intelligence, and security.

Early Life

Kimberly Halkett was born in 1970 in Victoria, British Columbia. As of 2020, her age is around 50 years old. Her mom and dad wedded in the year 1969 and they had three children. The name of her grandfather named Bill Halkett was a newspaper photojournalist. In the year 1992, she passed out with a graduate degree from Ryerson University.

Al Jazeera’s White House Correspondent made crude remark for Kayleigh McEnany during a briefing

Ms. Halkett denied of using an accurate remark for McEnany in the briefing process on July 21, 2020 (Tuesday). However, it created controversy and a big storm on social media. Many social media users clearly said that Kimberly Halkett used vulgar language^[1]Daily Mail.

Thanks for asking @charliespiering … there's a lot of misreporting out there about that briefing. The answer to your question is, I DID NOT. What I said was, "OKAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE." https://t.co/xmu5YR7gXr

— Kimberly Halkett (@KimberlyHalkett) July 21, 2020

Still, she refused to accept it. All the views related to the briefing are already viral on Twitter. Al Jazeera scribe responded to the incident that took place in the past few days.

In the past, she cursed while not covering an essential event during the Presidential debate 2016 in the USA.

Personal Life

Kimberly Halkett’s husband Jonathan G Owen with Paul Ryan.

Still, Halkett clearly mentioned the details of her second husband Jonathan G. Owen. Through her Facebook account, she posted a picture of her spouse with Paul Ryan.

With her ex-husband Scott Rensberger & son Chase Rensberger.

Like her, Kimberly’s life partner is a respected personality who went to Afghanistan with Ryan. She formerly wedded with Scott Rensberger and shared a son Chase Rensberger.

Kimberly Halkett along with her daughter on her Graduation Day.

While working as a journalist, she raised her five children. However, the names of her kids are not available at this moment. We will update it soon.

Kimberly Halkett with her hockey player son.

On her Twitter account, she called herself a hockey mom like her one her child play hockey. In 2020, her daughter finished high school.

Some Interesting Facts about Kimberly Halkett

• Kimberly is a top performer in the journalism industry and a fierce competitor.
• For one year, she did the job of a News Anchor at CJVI AM900 for one year from 1990-1991.
• She spent less than one year at the editorial department of the CBS in Toronto, Ontario.
• Then, she received a job appointment in the production department of CBC/Radio-Canada (1993) at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
• At the BCTV, she bagged the work role of Anchor and Consumer Investigative Reporter. She resided in Burnaby, British Columbia while working over there from 1994-1996
• At Vancouver, British Columbia, she employed at VTV Vancouver Television (CTV Affiliate) as the Investigative Reporter and Anchor from 1996 to 1998.
• In the year 1999, she came to Washington DC and began her career at America’s Most Wanted as North American Correspondent. She instigated crime investigations as a reporter in the Fox news longest-running program. Through her reporting abilities, she compelled the Vancouver police to reopen the serial killer case.
• She handled the duties of National Correspondent and Producer at the Global Television for three years.
• Kimberly as a reporter covered the news of the foreign policy and US domestic area. Additionally, she played an important role while covering the US invasion in Iraq issue.
• She led the team during the Presidential elections in the United States. She showed her skills by providing accurate analysis through her original reporting.

• From 2006 to 2010, she worked on the job role of International Anchor and Correspondent at the Al Jazeera Media Network.
• She received a promotion and then she began handling the US Congress, Justice, and Intelligence Correspondent for six years (2010-2016).
• Since 2017, she is working as a White House Correspondent for the Al Jazeera News Network in Washington DC.
• She kept her account on Instagram as private.
• Halkett’s height is 5 feet 6 inches (168 in Centimeters) & bodyweight measured 60 Kilograms (132 in Pounds).
• On Twitter, Kimberly achieved around 15.9K followers. She shared a desire to become a country singer in the future.
• She did the reporting work during the presidential rule of Barrack Obama, George Bush, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton.
• Apart from that, Kimberly Halket manages to earn around $100K – $125K US Dollars’ annual income as the White House Correspondent. Therefore, her worth recorded around $450K US Dollars as of 2020.