Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan married Janna Christine Little in December 2000. Together, the couple has three children: Elizabeth "Liza" Anne, Charles Wilson, and Samuel Lowery. They live together in the Courthouse Hill Historic District of Janesville, Wisconsin.

Paul Davis Ryan was born on January 29, 1970, in Janesville, Wisconsin to Elizabeth Ann and Paul Ryan Sr. He is the youngest son of the four children in his family. His mother was an interior designer while his father worked as an attorney. He has a sister and two older brothers. His father passed away, due to a heart attack, when Ryan was just 16 years old.

He completed his schooling from Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville where and was a part of the school's ski, track, basketball, and varsity soccer teams. He then enrolled with the Miami University in Ohio and graduated with a degree in economics and political science in 1992.

After acquiring a college degree, Ryan went on to work as a marketing consultant for the Wisconsin construction company. A couple of years later, he made his foray into politics by working as a legislative aide for the U.S. Senator Bob Kasten, on his mother’s insistence.

Initially, while working on Capitol Hill, Paul Ryan supported himself by taking up several part-time jobs.

In November 1992, Kasten lost the election to Democrat Russ Feingold after which Ryan started working as a speechwriter for the advocacy group, Empower America (now FreedomWorks). Later, he started writing speeches for Jack Kemp, founder of Empower America and the Republican vice presidential candidate in the 1996 United States presidential elections, and even trained under him.

In 1995, he was appointed as the legislative director for the Congressman Sam Brownback of Kansas.

Paul Ryan was 28 years old when was became the member of U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's Congressional District 1 in 1998. He took up the role of Chairman of the House Budget Committee in 2011 and maintained the position until 2015. During his tenure, his major work was to help negotiate the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 with Democratic Senator Patty Murphy.

On August 11, 2012, Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for the Presidential elections, declared Paul Ryan as the running mate for Vice President.

In school, Paul Ryan not only won the prom king title but was also voted the ‘biggest brown noser’.

Paul Ryan is a fitness buff and had once completed a marathon within three hours.

He worked as a fitness trainer instructor when just out of college.

He is a big fan of Ayn Rand and is said to be highly inspired by the author’s writings.