[2] Joseph Kunini was born on March 20, 1968, into a simple and peasant but royal family of Albasu Kinjoh in Kunini, Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State.
He later gained admission into Government Day Secondary School, Kunini in 1985 and completed in 1991.
He advanced to the College of Preliminary Studies, Yola in 1991 to 1992 and later proceeded to Lagos State University and graduated with Bachelor of Science Business Administration and Bachelor of Science Industrial Relations and Personnel Management in 1998 and 2003, respectively.
[3][4] Following his voluntary resignation in 2010 from the Federal Civil Service, Kunini delved into the political arena, contested and won in 2011 as Member representing Lau Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly on the platform of the PDP.
He served as Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation between 2011 and 2013 before he was appointed Majority Leader between 2013 and 2019.