Party: Republican
Born: Panama Canal Zone, August 29, 1936
Age: 72
Religion: Christian (Baptist)
Education:

• National War College, 1973
• United States Naval Academy, 1958

Government experience:

• US Senator since 1986
• US Congress 1983-1987

Other experience:

• Pilot, US Navy 1958-1981 (including Navy liason to US Senate from 1977).
• Prisoner of war in Vietnam 1967-1973.

Vice-presidential candidate:

• Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, born 1964