Griffin was educated at Evergreen Park Community High School,[2] a public high school in the village of Evergreen Park, Illinois, followed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he majored in communications.

[3] Griffin began his career at WICD-TV in Illinois, before stints in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C.[3][4] He then worked as an investigative reporter for ten years at CBS 2 News in Los Angeles.

[7] A few years later, Griffin covered sexual assault cases involving drivers for the ridesharing company, Uber.

[8] Among his last notable works was the coverage of events following the January 6 United States Capitol attack in 2021.

[4] He lived in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and died from cancer at home on December 17, 2022, at age 60.