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Cato married his wife Nicole in July 2008, and the couple has one child, Cato Nicolas June. As of December 2012, the family lived in Upper Marlboro, MD. The name Cato is of Nigerian origin and goes back for generations in his family. His great, great grandfather, Cato, was a runaway slave and the name had been passed along through eight previous generations. According to one source the name means "wise and cautious".

June's mother, Marjani, is a minister who spent nine months helping in New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She disapproves of June's tattoos. One of his tattoos reads "Big Time" for his high school and college nickname. He got his first tattoo of his college number 2 after he turned 18 while playing for Michigan.

75-year-old Will June, his grandfather, became the oldest player to bowl consecutive perfect games on August 31, 2010.

In college, June and Hobson were roommates. They were known for having sessions of Madden NFL 2003 for PlayStation 2 in an apartment known as "The Stadium", where competition among football team members often occurred. At Tampa, he had two-time defending Madden Bowl champion Alex Smith as a teammate and June, who is known as a vocal player, voiced an interest in playing him. As a professional, June became an avid fantasy football owner, and he eventually started playing in a league only for NFL players. He was the champion of the 2008 NFL Players league. June enjoys workouts that consist of boxing.

During the 2005 season, June and Gary Brackett visited the three most successful Marion County, Indiana Vectren C5 food drive elementary schools. As part of a United Service Organizations event for Veterans Day 2008, June, Smith, Phillip Buchanon, and Aqib Talib played video games with United States military personnel. During Super Bowl XLIII week in Tampa, June hosted a celebrity benefit for the June Family Foundation, which offers career insights to disadvantaged youths.

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