[8][9] He now resides in North Garden[10][11] and Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

[12][13] King graduated from Monticello High School, in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2007.

[16][17][18] King rode for UCI Continental teams Kelly Benefit Strategies–Medifast (2008),[19][20] and Trek–Livestrong (2009 and 2010),[21][22] winning the United States National Road Race Championships in September 2010.

[34] After a 2016 season in which he took a stage win at the Tour of California, in September of that year Team Dimension Data confirmed that King would join them for 2017 with a role as a leader and mentor for the team's younger climbers.

The move will reunite King with former Garmin team-mates Tyler Farrar, Nathan Haas and Lachlan Morton.