He earned a degree in the field of communication and political science from the University of Tennessee which was really helpful to build up his career.
He participated in various civil rights activist programs like Rodney King Verdict and Bay Area PolicWarch and attended different seminars and programs related to racism issues which he names Colors if Change. He made huge talk to solve the issue of the deadly virus called Ebola which was well responded to by the public. He appears in the channel, CNN in the series Crossfire which helped to build his career graph to another height. CNN's host for The Messy truth Van has announced his affiliation with Singer and record producer Jay-Z's management firm Roc Nation as well.
He is happily married to Jana Carter and their relationship as husband and wife is going very well. He is not having any extramarital affairs as he is fully committed to his wife. At the age of 46, he has an estimated net worth of $1.1 million US dollars.
He is very popular and much more engaged in social networking sites like Facebook ad Twitter. He has more than 587 thousand followers on Twitter.