Paul Ryan, Candidate for Republican Vice-President

By Alexia Garcia

Staff Writer

Paul Ryan was born on January 29,1970 in Janesville, Wisconsin. His dad was Paul Ryan, Sr. who worked as an attorney. His mom, Betty Ryan, was a stay at home mom. Paul Ryan had one sister named Janet Ryan. Paul also had 2 brothers, Tobin and Stan.

At age 16 Ryan found his father, only 55 years old, dead in his bed from a heart attack.

Ryan has been married to Janna Ryan since 2000. They have three kids, a daughter named Liza Ryan, and two sons, Sam and Charlie.

Ryan got a degree in economics and political science at Miami University in Ohio in 1992. In 1998, at age 28, Ryan was elected to the U.S House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin Congressional in District 1. While working in the U.S. House of Representatives, he has also worked on the House Budget Committee and also is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Ryan has criticized several of President Obama’s political and spending plans, as well as his 2012 – 2013 federal budget proposal. Now Ryan is currently running for Vice-President of the United States of America.

Works Cited

"Paul Ryan Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2012. <http://www.biography.com/people/paul-ryan-20828085>.

United States Congress. Official Portrait of U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI). 2012. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. United States Congress, 2012. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Paul_Ryan_official_portrait.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Ryan_official_portrait.jpg&usg=__IHfS8H1EoOF_qSVgjRpvqTRZmf8=&h=2557&w=2046&sz=2246&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=4pEiPWW7VwDzFM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=120&ei=myhrULyJJ4PUiwLln4CYBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpaul%2Bryan%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DX%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disz:l%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1>.