Tim Kaine Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine
Nickname(s)	"The People’s Eyebrow"
Profession	Politician
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Blue
Hair Colour	Gray
Politics
Political Party	Democratic
Political Journey	• 1994: Won a seat on the Richmond City Council • 1998: Elected Mayor of Richmond • 2001: Elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (served from 2002 to 2006) • 2005: Became Governor of Virginia (served from 2006 to 2010) • 2009: Became chair of the Democratic National Committee (served from 2009 to 2011) • 2013: Became Senator of Virginia • 2016: Named as Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate in the presidential election • 2018: Reelected senator of Virginia • 2024: Ran for Senate election in Virginia
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• 2019: Humanitarian Award from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities • 2017: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic • 2016: Center for the National Interest's Distinguished Service Award • 2015: Appalachian Trail Conservancy's Congressional Award • 2014: Award for Public Service in the Americas from the Inter-American Dialogue • 2012: University of Richmond School of Law's William Green Award for Professional Excellence • 2009: Virginia Council of Churches' Faith in Action Award • 2000: Virginia Region of the National Conference for Community and Justice
Personal Life
Date of Birth	26 February 1958 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	66 Years
Birthplace	St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Signature
Nationality	American
Hometown	Richmond, Virginia
School	Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
College/University	• University of Missouri, Missouri, USA • Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, USA
Educational Qualification(s)	• B.A. in Economics from University of Missouri (1979) • Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School (1983)
Religion	Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Ethnicity	• Scottish, Irish (father) • Irish (mother)
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian [1]Eater
Address	231 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510
Hobbies	Playing the Harmonica, Singing Church Choir, Listening to Jazz Music
Controversies	• Public fund controversy During his tenure as Mayor of Richmond, he was criticised for spending $6,000 in public funds on buses for the anti-gun-violence rally Million Mom March in Washington, D.C.. He later reimbursed the city by raising the money privately. • Gift scandal When he was named as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump accused him of accepting expensive gifts while Kaine was serving as Governor of Virginia. Kaine had disclosed accepting gifts that, in total, amounted to an estimated value of over $160,000.
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	24 November 1984
Family
Wife/Spouse	Anne Bright Holton (American lawyer and judge and the daughter of A. Linwood Holton Jr.)
Children	Sons- 2 • Woody Kaine (born 1992) • Nat Kaine (born 1990) (active-duty Marine) Daughter- 1 • Annella Kaine (born 1995)
Parents	Father- Albert Alexander Kaine Jr. (ironworking shop owner) Mother- Mary Kathleen Burns (economics teacher)
Siblings	Brothers- 2 • Stephen Kaine (pediatric cardiologist) • Patrick (owns a law firm) Sisters- None
Favourites
Food	Cookies
Singer(s)	Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder
Music Group/Band	Carter Family, The Replacements, Dave Matthews Band, Cornershop
Musician	Charlie Parker
Sport	Baseball
Baseball Team	Kansas City Royals
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	A luxury waterfront condominium in Richmond, Virginia

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tim Kaine

• Tim Kaine is a Democrat veteran who has served at nearly every level of government – as a Mayor, Governor, and Senator.

• He is known for his scandal-free political life.

• He grew up in Kansas City, where he worked in his father’s ironworking shop

• After graduating from the University of Missouri, he started running a technical school founded by Jesuit missionaries in Honduras, where he trained teenagers to become carpenters, welders, and other technicians.
  

  Tim Kaine (right) with students in El Progreso, Honduras, in September 1980

• Tim later practiced law for 17 years in Richmond and represented people who had been denied housing because of their disability or race.

• In 1980, during a year off from law school, he learned Spanish while living in Honduras.
  

  A photo of young Tim Kaine

• His nine months volunteering in Honduras inspired him to write a poem titled “Still Life.”

• He met his wife, Anne Holton, at Harvard Law School, where they were in the same study group; she was a moderate Republican at the time.

• After marriage, Tim and Anne settled in Richmond and joined St. Elizabeth, a mostly black Roman Catholic church.

• According to Tim Kaine, he had an apolitical childhood, and it was his wife’s family that influenced his interest in politics. Attending Richmond City Council meetings also inspired him to pursue politics. He later served the city council four terms including the last two terms as Mayor of Richmond.

• From 1987 to 1993, he taught legal ethics at the University of Richmond School of Law.

• In 1998, Tim Kaine created history by winning one of the largest civil rights jury verdicts ever in a discrimination case against minorities (African Americans) by an insurance company. He won a $100.5 million verdict in a redlining case against Nationwide Insurance.

• In July 1998, he became the first white Mayor of Richmond in more than ten years.
  

  Tim Kaine as Mayor of Richmond

• As the Richmond Mayor, he was credited for an increase in housing renovation in the city by supporting a tax abatement program.
• During his tenure as Richmond mayor, the city saw a reduction in the city’s crime rate, tax cuts, and the construction of its first new schools. As the mayor of Richmond, he also played a significant role in bridging the city’s racial divide.

• During his mayoral term, he was named one of “the 10 best cities in America to do business” by Forbes.
• In 2001, Tim Kaine became Virginia’s lieutenant governor after Emily Couric, a state senator and the sister of the television newswoman Katie Couric, opted out of the race after she discovered she had pancreatic cancer.

• While he was serving as Virginia’s governor, the state witnessed a deadly mass shooting in 2007 in which 32 people were killed at Virginia Tech University by a deranged student. Following the incident, Tim Kaine started heavily advocating for gun control legislation.
  

  Time Kaine as Governor of Virginia

• Although he didn’t favour capital punishment, he allowed 11 executions to proceed as Governor of Virginia.

• In the 2008 Presidential Election, he was considered one of the most probable running mates for Barack Obama.
  

  Tim Kaine as the running mate for Barack Obama during the 2008 Presidential election

• In 2013, Tim Kaine became the first Senator to give a speech on the Senate floor in a language that was not English. He spoke in Spanish for almost 13 minutes, advocating for an immigration bill crafted by the bipartisan “Gang of Eight.”

• In 2015, he supported the normalization of U.S.–Cuban relations and co-sponsored the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.

• In the 2016 US Presidential Election, he was chosen as the running-mate for Hillary Clinton.
  

  Tim Kaine as the running mate for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Presidential election

• On 5 January 2022, he shared a photo of his car, revealing that he was among hundreds of drivers who were stranded on Interstate 95 on 4 January 2022 for almost 27 hours after a snowstorm caused extreme delays.

Ok after 27 hours on the road from Richmond to DC, very happy to be back in the Capitol and working on voting rights legislation this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/6XE45ZQUvq

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) January 4, 2022

• Tim Kaine considers himself a “traditional Catholic,” and he opposes abortion.

• He is a harmonica enthusiast and often carries multiple harmonicas in his briefcase. He has even played the instrument with members of the Dave Matthews Band and the Grateful Dead. He once joked about this skill and said,
  

  In politics you’ve got to have a fallback in our line of work because your career can be over in an instant.”

  

  Tim Kaine playing the harmonica

• According to Tim Kaine, he first picked up the harmonica in seventh grade after becoming inspired by a friend who had been bringing his harmonica around.

• He loves consuming beer on various occasions.
  

  Tim Kaine holding a glass of beer