John Bolton is an American attorney, diplomat, Political Commentator, and Republican consultant. On August 22, 2025, Friday morning, FBI agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of Bolton, who previously served as national security advisor under former President Donald Trump.
According to a source who spoke with the Associated Press, the raid was connected to an investigation involving documents.
Net Worth, Ethnicity & Religion
As per the media source, his current net worth is approximately $ 6 million from all of his income sources as of 2025. He has an American White Ethnicity. His faith in the Christian religion. He is a Lutheran.
Wife, Parents & Children
According to the reports, he married twice in his life. He first married Christina Bolton in 1972, but their marriage ended in 1983.
A few years later, in January 1986, he married Gretchen Smith Bolton, who works as a financial planner with AXA Advisors.
The couple has a daughter named Jennifer, and they have been living in Bethesda, Maryland, since 1986. He was born to his American parents.
His father’s name is Mr. Edward Jackson “Jack” Bolton, and his mother’s name is Mrs. Virginia Clara “Ginny”.Â
Early Life & Educational Details
His real name is John Robert Bolton. He was born on 20 November 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He is 76 years old as of 2025.
He was raised in the working-class area of Yale Heights and earned a scholarship to attend the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, where he finished his studies in 1966.
He studied at Yale College, where he graduated with top honors in 1970 and was active in the Yale Political Union. He then went to Yale Law School, completing his law degree in 1974 while studying alongside his friend Clarence Thomas.
Height, Weight & Physical Appearance
As per the media records, he is 5.7ft (1.7 m) in height, and his weight is approximately 70 KG. He has white hair, and his eyes are dark brown.
Career Details
He worked as the U.S. assistant attorney general under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989.
He later held senior roles in the State Department, including assistant secretary for international organization affairs (1989–1993) and undersecretary for arms control and security (2001–2005).
He was appointed by President George W. Bush as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, serving from 2005 to 2006. Later, he became National Security Advisor under President Donald Trump, holding the role from 2018 to 2019.
He was a strong critic of the Iran nuclear agreement and pushed for the U.S. to leave it, which eventually happened in May 2018.
In 2020, he released a best-selling book about his time in the Trump administration titled The Room Where It Happened.
He has worked as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and also appeared as a commentator on Fox News. In 2012, he served as a foreign policy adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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