[1] His childhood was shaped by "a household of drug addiction and alcoholism," as well as dyslexia, which resulted in him repeating multiple grades in school.
[2] After graduation from the Pratt Institute, King became a war photojournalist in Iraq, with later work in Sarajevo, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Albania, Rwanda, and Syria.
[5] Blood Trail, later known as Shooting Robert King, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
[8][9][10][11] In 2015, BuzzFeed News reporting placed the blame for McAfee's capture on Vice editor-in-chief, Jonathan Smith, and found that King had not been responsible.
[2][7] His work is extensively featured in the 2022 documentary Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee.