J. Danforth Quayle was born in
Indianapolis in 1947. He graduated from
DePauw University in 1969 with a B.S. in
Political Science. After
matriculation, he joined the
National Guard and attended law school at
Indiana University. In 1976, after five years in various
public servant positions, he was elected to
Congress from Indiana's Fourth Congressional District. Four years later, he was elected to the
Senate and became the youngest
Senator in the history of the U.S. (he was 33). During his tenure, he wrote the Job Training Partnership Act. At the
Republican National Convention in 1988,
George Bush, Sr. called upon him to be his running mate. Bush and Quayle won that
election, so Quayle served as
Vice President from 1989-1993. Afterwards, he took a job as a
consultant at an
investment firm in
Phoenix, Arizona. He is the author of two books: "The American Family: Discovering the Values that Make Us Strong" and "Standing Firm." He has a wife, Marilyn, and three children.
Source: http://www.quaylemuseum.org/biograph2.html