Khuchiev was born 5 August 1971 in Zakan-Yurt, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

[2] In 2018, Khuchiev graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a master's degree in economics.

Khuchiev first worked as a journalist in Moscow between 1995 and 1997, as a correspondent for the Screen of Criminal Reports programme of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network.

From May 1998 to June 2004, he was an advertising manager at a manufacturing enterprise called Sokol RS LLC (Moscow).

Khuchiev has acted as Head of the Chechen Republic twice - 11-16 February 2019 and 13-21 January 2020 - during the absences of Ramzan Kadyrov.