- Born
- Birth nameJohn Robert Bolton
- Nickname
- John
- Height5′ 7¼″ (1.71 m)
- John Bolton was born on November 20, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He has been married to Gretchen Smith Bolton since January 24, 1986. They have one child. He was previously married to Christine Moser.
- SpousesGretchen Smith Bolton(January 24, 1986 - present) (1 child)Christine Moser(1972 - 1983) (divorced)
- A nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Appointed in 2005 as US Ambassador to the United Nations and served 16 months.
- Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
- Fox News contributor.
- The son of a fireman, he grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Yale Heights and won a scholarship to the McDonogh School in Ownings Mills, MD, graduating in 1966. He also ran the school's Students for Goldwater campaign in 1964. He then attended Yale University, where he shared classes with his friend Clarence Thomas, and was a contemporary of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton at Yale Law School. He was a member of the Yale Political Union and he earned a B.A. summa cum laude in 1970 and a J.D. in 1974.
- [on his own party's reluctance to accept the legality of Joe Biden's win in the 2020 national election] The Republican Party is not going to be saved by hiding in a spider hole. We need all of our leaders to come out and say "The election is over".
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