Trivia

His father, a lawyer, was a friend of Sen. Russ Feingold and they shared an office in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Has worked as a waiter, fitness trainer and for Oscar Mayer (has even driven the Weinermobile).

While in Washington he sleeps on a cot in his Longworth House office.

U.S. Representative (R-Wisconsin) (1998 - present).

Father of Liza, Charlie and Sam.

U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman.

Graduated with a B.A. from Miami University, Ohio, in 1992.

U.S. House Budget Committee chairman.

Chairman, Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Former aide (legislative director, 1995-1997) to U.S. Senator Sam Brownback.

Selected as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate on August 11, 2012.

Was voted prom king and class president in high school.

Was the speechwriter for Jack Kemp's vice-presidential campaign in 1996.

Youngest of four children of Elizabeth Ann (Hutter) and Paul Murray Ryan. His great-grandfather founded an earthmoving company, P. W. Ryan and Sons, now Ryan Incorporated Central.

His father died in 1986, when Paul was age 16.

His father was of Irish descent. His mother was of approximately one quarter English and three quarters German ancestry.

His children's names: Liza, Charles, and Sam.

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.[June 2017].

Went on the genealogy show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr and found out that through his mother's German ancestry he has a small amount of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. According to Dr Gates "You could have knocked him over with a feather.".

He is related (via marriage) to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson . Ryan's sister-in-law, Dana, is married to William Jackson, the twin brother of Justice Brown Jackson's husband, Patrick.