Abby Huntsman

Huntsman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 1986.{{cite web| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/fashion/weddings/29HUNTSMAN.html|date=August 27, 2010| newspaper=The New York Times|title=Abigail Huntsman, Jeffrey Livingston}}{{cite web |last=Magid |first=Judy |url=http://archive.sltrib.com/printfriendly.php?id=3020962&itype=ngpsid |title=Open House: Public mansion not always ideal | work= The Salt Lake Tribune |via= sltrib.com |date= September 12, 2005 |access-date= August 2, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140427010916/http://archive.sltrib.com/printfriendly.php?id=3020962&itype=ngpsid |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |url-status=dead }} She was raised in Utah but spent several years in Taiwan and Singapore during her father's foreign postings as a U.S. ambassador.{{cite news| url= https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/244025-msnbcs-abby-huntsman-cheese-loving-dog-owner-whos-walking-back/ |title=MSNBC's Abby Huntsman: Cheese-loving dog owner who's 'walking back' her crush on Tom Brady |newspaper=The Hill |date= June 4, 2015|access-date= February 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://frostsnow.com/abby-huntsman-and-her-husband-jeffrey-bruce-livingston-nearing-their-6th-marriage-anniversary |title=Abby Huntsman and her husband Jeffrey Bruce Livingston nearing their 6th marriage anniversary |publisher= | website= frostsnow.com |date= 2016|access-date=February 28, 2017}}

Huntsman graduated from East High School. She attended the University of Utah for her freshman year of college while her father was running for governor.{{Cite web| url= https://thepenngazette.com/hitting-for-the-cycle/|title=Hitting for The Cycle| website= thepenngazette.com | publisher= |date=February 27, 2014}} She transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and communications.{{cite web |title=Abby Huntsman, C'08 |url=https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1587&gid=2&pgid=27945 |website= alumni.upenn.edu |publisher= University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 17, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Erica| url=https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/1/13/21064381/abby-huntsman-jon-utah-campaign-leaves-the-view-father-support-why-governor-gubernatorial-television|title=Q&A: Abby Huntsman says leaving 'The View' was a 'no-brainer'|work=Deseret News|date=January 13, 2020|access-date=June 14, 2020}}

File:The Cycle (TV program), Ari Melber, Krystal Ball, Touré, Abby Huntsman-2013.jpg, Krystal Ball, Touré, and Huntsman on The Cycle on MSNBC in July 2013]]

At age 16, Huntsman worked a behind-the-scenes position at Good Morning America. She disliked it so much that she contemplated giving up on television "forever".{{cite news|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a31251/abby-huntsman-thinks-fox-news-is-a-great-place-to-be-a-woman/|title=ABBY HUNTSMAN THINKS FOX NEWS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE A WOMAN|date=October 19, 2015|publisher=elle.com|first=Mattie|last=Kahn}} While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Huntsman interned with Diane Sawyer. Sawyer's representation of herself and manner of presenting news impressed her. "I always think of her as someone that I hope I can try to be like," she said in October 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/abby-huntsman-debuts-at-fox-news/275182|title=Abby Huntsman Debuts at Fox News|date=October 21, 2015|first=Mark|last=Joyella|publisher=adweek.com}}

She later became a host and producer for HuffPost Live, the HuffPost{{'}}s streaming network.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/topic/abby-huntsman|title=Abby Huntsman |website=HuffPost |access-date=December 13, 2012}} She had also been a frequent guest on CNN.{{cite web|url=http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/19/abby-huntsman-mitt-romney-wont-pick-dad-jon-huntsman-to-be-vp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422200738/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/19/abby-huntsman-mitt-romney-wont-pick-dad-jon-huntsman-to-be-vp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2012|title= Abby Huntsman: Mitt Romney won't pick dad, Jon Huntsman, to be VP|website=CNN |date=April 19, 2012 |access-date=December 13, 2012}}

Huntsman worked on her father's 2012 presidential campaign as a media advisor and surrogate,{{cite magazine|author=Alex PappademasPhotographs by Danielle Levitt |url=https://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/201201/jon-huntsman-daughters-mary-anne-liddy-abby-gq-january-2012?mobify=0 |title=Jon Huntsman's Daughters, Mary Anne, Liddy, and Abby   GQ January 2012: Politics |magazine=GQ |access-date=December 13, 2012}} during which she and her sisters were profiled by The New Yorker,{{cite magazine|last=Lizza |first=Ryan |url=https://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/11/14/111114ta_talk_lizza?mobify=0 |title=Are Jon Huntsman's Daughters Helping his 2012 Campaign? |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=December 13, 2012}} GQ, and BuzzFeed.{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-huntsman-daughters-a-guide |title=The Huntsman Daughters: A Guide |publisher=Buzzfeed.com |date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=December 13, 2012}}

Huntsman appeared as a political commentator for ABC News in Washington, D.C. and Good Morning America in New York City.{{cite web|author=Sltrib.com |url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/54141182-90/huntsman-daughter-news-abby.html.csp |title=Huntsman daughter parlays campaign into media gigs | The Salt Lake Tribune |publisher=Sltrib.com |access-date=December 13, 2012}}

In October 2012, Huntsman was profiled in ABC News's "Five Questions",{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/five-questions-this-week-with-abby-huntsman/ |title=Five Questions 'This Week': Abby Huntsman   ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=October 26, 2012 |access-date=December 13, 2012}} a part of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. In August 2012, she was interviewed by Brian Williams on Rock Center about Mitt Romney's run for president and her own relationship with the Mormon faith.{{cite web|url=http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/48767123#48767123 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826010248/http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/48767123#48767123 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 26, 2012 |title=Huntsman clarifies mysteries of Mormon church   Video on NBCNews.com |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=December 13, 2012}} Previously, she held a position at the international public relations firm Burson-Marsteller.{{cite web |url=http://www.burson-marsteller.com/newsroom/lists/PressReleases/DispForm.aspx?ID=742&nodename=Press%20Releases%20Archive |title=PressReleases - Burson-Marsteller Hires Slate of Top Media |publisher=Burson-marsteller.com |year=2012 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2013, she was listed as number 26 on the Forbes 30 under 30 list of up and coming members in media.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeji45eegdf/abby-huntsman-and-ahmed-shihab-26-and-28-hosts-huffpost-live/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231023810/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeji45eegdf/abby-huntsman-and-ahmed-shihab-26-and-28-hosts-huffpost-live/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2012|title=Abby Huntsman and Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, 26 and Hosts, HuffPost Live   In Photos: 30 under 30: Media|last=Bercovici|first=Jeff|website=Forbes|access-date=May 4, 2016}}

In July 2013, Huntsman joined MSNBC's The Cycle, filling a vacancy created by the departure of former panelist S. E. Cupp. Huntsman was the second replacement host to join the show after Ari Melber. She sought to bring conservative views to the program, and denied 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 featured several hundred candidates.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/jon-huntsman-daughter-abby-joins-msnbc-cycle-article-1.1411439|title=Abby Huntsman joins NBC's sorority of political daughters as she makes her debut on the cable network's 'The Cycle'|first=Leslie|last=Larson|date=July 29, 2013|newspaper=New York Daily News}} Two years later, in July 2015, MSNBC canceled the show, and Huntsman left the network.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/msnbc-cancels-the-cycle-abby-huntsman-and-krystal-ball-out/|title=MSNBC Cancels 'The Cycle,' Abby Huntsman and Krystal Ball Out|website=TheWrap|date=July 30, 2015|last=Chariton|first=Jordan}}

In October 2015, Huntsman was hired by Fox News as a general assignment reporter.{{cite magazine |last=Lowe |first=Kinsey |url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/abby-huntsman-joins-fox-news-1201566818/ |title=Abby Huntsman Joins Fox News As Reporter |magazine=Deadline |date=October 3, 2015 |access-date=October 7, 2015 |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004232919/http://deadline.com/2015/10/abby-huntsman-joins-fox-news-1201566818/ |url-status=dead }} She covered the news of the day across the network's daytime and primetime programming.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/abby-huntsman/bio/#s=h-l |title=Abby Huntsman | Biography |publisher=Fox News |access-date=October 7, 2015}} Two months later, in December 2016, she was named a new co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/media/310179-abby-huntsman-named-new-co-host-of-fox-friends-weekend/|website=The Hill|title=Abby Huntsman named new co-host of 'Fox and Friends Weekend'|date=December 13, 2016|last=Concha|first=Joe}} On August 12, 2018, she made her final appearance as co-host of the program.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/abby-huntsman-why-she-left-fox-news-view-1143488|website=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Abby Huntsman on Why She Left Fox News for 'The View'|last=Barr|first=Jeremy|date=September 17, 2018}}

On September 4, 2018, Huntsman joined the long-running ABC talk show The View as one of five co-hosts along with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and Meghan McCain.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-view-abby-huntsman-co-host-season-22-1202919190/|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|title=Abby Huntsman Joins 'The View' as Co-Host|access-date=August 9, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828191125/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-view-abby-huntsman-co-host-season-22-1202919190/|archive-date=August 28, 2018}}{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/tv/meghan-mccain-absent-the-view-premiere-after-john-mccain-death/|last=Corinthios|first=Aurelie|title=Meghan McCain Absent from The View After John McCain's Death: 'Her Dad Was Her Best Friend'|magazine=People|access-date=September 4, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905014751/https://people.com/tv/meghan-mccain-absent-the-view-premiere-after-john-mccain-death/|archive-date=September 5, 2018}} In 2019, along with her co-hosts, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host.{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1038533/daytime-emmy-awards-2019-the-complete-list-of-winners|title=Daytime Emmy Awards 2019: The Complete List of Winners|last=Grossman|first=Lena|website=E! Online|date=May 5, 2019|access-date=February 27, 2020}}

In January 2020, Huntsman announced that she was departing The View after two seasons to become a senior advisor to her father's 2020 campaign for governor of Utah;{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/business/abby-huntsman-quits-the-view/index.html|title=Abby Huntsman quits 'The View'|last1=Stelter|first1=Brian|last2=Darcy|first2=Oliver|website=CNN Business|date=January 13, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2020}} she made her final appearance as a co-host on the January 17, 2020 episode.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/abby-huntsman-the-view-meghan-mccain-1202833976/|title=Abby Huntsman Praises Colleagues, Addresses Discord "Rumors" In Sendoff From 'The View'|last=Johnson|first=Ted|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 17, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=January 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118032935/https://deadline.com/2020/01/abby-huntsman-the-view-meghan-mccain-1202833976/}} Her father lost Utah's 2020 Republican gubernatorial primary to Spencer Cox.{{Cite web|author=Politico Staff|title=Huntsman loses GOP primary in Utah|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/06/huntsman-loses-gop-primary-in-utah-349958|access-date=2020-07-07|website=POLITICO|date=July 6, 2020 |language=en}}

In August 2010, Huntsman married her University of Pennsylvania boyfriend, Jeffrey Bruce Livingston, in 2010 in an Episcopal service at Washington National Cathedral.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/fashion/weddings/29HUNTSMAN.html |title=Abigail Huntsman, Jeffrey Livingston |newspaper=The New York Times |url-access=limited |date=August 27, 2010 |access-date=April 24, 2014 }} The couple has three children: two daughters and a son,{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Rasha|title='The View' co-host Abby Huntsman gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/06/06/the-view-abby-huntsman-gives-birth-baby-twins-boy-girl/1366363001/ |website=USA Today |access-date=November 4, 2019 |date=June 6, 2019}} and live in Greenwich, Connecticut.{{cite web|last1=Carlson|first1=Adam|url=https://people.com/tv/why-abby-huntsman-left-the-view-how-her-family-survived-covid-whats-next/|title=Abby Huntsman Says Leaving The View Was 'the Best Decision'|work=People|date=June 2, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021}}

Huntsman is a Republican.{{cite web|publisher=Observer Media|url=https://observer.com/2013/07/abby-huntsman-is-leaving-huffpost-live-for-the-cycle/|title=Abby Huntsman is Leaving HuffPost Live for 'The Cycle'|date=July 17, 2013|last=Bloomgarden-Smoke|first=Kara}}{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/abby-huntsman-teases-party-switch-079484|title=Abby Huntsman teases party switch|website=Politico|last=Gavin|first=Patrick|date=August 8, 2012}}

In early 2013, she recorded an advertisement with Margaret Hoover and Meghan McCain supporting same-sex marriage. "I think it's a generational issue, and I think over time you're going to see more and more Republicans support the freedom to marry. I'm happy and proud of that movement," she said in support of the ad.{{cite web|title=Meghan McCain, Margaret Hoover and Abby Huntsman star in GOP gay marriage ads|url=http://www.ontopmag.com/article/15531/Meghan_McCain_Margaret_Hoover_Abby_Huntsman_Star_In_GOP_Gay_Marriage_Ads |work=On Top Magazine|access-date=November 4, 2019}}

In October 2016, she said she is no longer an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{cite web |last1=DEHLIN |first1=JOHN |title=661: Abby Huntsman and Carrie Sheffield and their Transitions Out of Mormonism |url=https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/abby-huntsman-carrie-sheffield/ |website=Mormon Stories |date=October 19, 2016 |access-date=June 10, 2018}}

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