She is the daughter of 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, Junior. and Mary Kaye Huntsman. In 2012, during and after her father"s presidential campaign, Huntsman appeared as a political commentator for American Broadcasting Company News in Washington, District of Columbia, and Good Morning America in New York City.
University of Pennsylvania.
Previously working as a political commentator, Huntsman served as a co-host of the Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company program, The Cycle. At age 16, Huntsman worked a behind-the-scenes position at Good Morning America. By her own admission, she disliked it so much that she contemplated giving up on television "forever." While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Huntsman interned for Diane Sawyer.
Huntsman, having observed Sawyer"s representation of herself and manner of presenting news, became so impressed with her that she would later say "I always think of her as someone that I hope I can try to be like".
In October 2012, Huntsman was profiled in American Broadcasting Company News"s "Five Questions," a part of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Previously, she held a position at the international public relations firm Burson-Marsteller.
On July 16, 2013, she announced that she would be joining Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company"s afternoon news program The Cycle, filling the vacancy left by South.E. Cupp. Huntsman was the second replacement host to join the show, after Ari Melber.
She sought to bring conservative views to the program, also denying that her relation to the Huntsman family had anything to do with her acquiring the position since she, in her own words, "went through the same audition process as everybody else", against a field she recalled featuring hundreds of candidates.
Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company cancelled The Cycle on July 31, 2015 as they revamped their afternoon news programming. Prior to joining Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Huntsman was a host/producer for HuffPost Live, the Huffington Post"s streaming network. She had also been a frequent guest on Cable News Network. In October 2015, she was hired by the Fox News Channel as a general assignment reporter.
In that role, Huntsman provides coverage of the news of the day across the network"s daytime and primetime programming.
Huntsman worked on her father"s 2012 campaign as a media advisor and surrogate. The Huntsman Daughters were profiled by The New Yorker, Gentlemen’s Quarterly, and BuzzFeed.
