Jim Acosta

Jim Acosta is an American journalist who is currently the Chief White House Correspondent for CNN. Previously, Acosta served as the National Political Correspondent for CNN.

Acosta's father arrived as a refugee from Cuba three weeks prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis and was raised in Virginia. His mother, who worked as a bartender, is of Irish and Czech ancestry. The couple divorced when Acosta was young.

Acosta and his wife, Sharon Mobley Stow, a registered nurse, separated in 2017 after 24 years of marriage. They have one daughter (Hartley) and one son (Peter).

Sources

• "Jim Acosta." Wikipedia, revision of 13 June 2018. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Acosta > Accessed 18 June 2018.