He came from a staunch conservative Republican family, and had been a football player at Xavier Jesuit High School in New York City.

• 他是位爱尔兰裔天主教徒，来自长岛的亨廷顿，出身于一个坚定的保守共和党家庭，曾是纽约市沙维尔耶稣会中学的橄榄球队员。