Ed Balls nació el 25 de febrero de 1967 en Norwich, Norfolk, Inglaterra. Está casado con Yvette Cooper desde el 10 de enero de 1998. Tienen tres niños.
[2013; admitting that in 20 years of knowing Labour leader Ed Miliband he has never once been to the pub with him] I've known Ed 20 years and I can't think that I've ever been... Different people like different places, and I was last in the pub yesterday... I don't know if he likes the pub or not.
