Vice President Kamala Harris has made her pick for running mate!
The news was confirmed Tuesday (August 6) that 60-year-old retired educator and current Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz is going to be the Vice President’s running mate for the 2024 presidential election.
Naturally, many people would also like to know more about his personal life – including his marriage, who might become the Second Lady of the United States.
Keep reading to find out more…
Tim Walz and his wife Gwen (née Whipple) met when they were young, and have two children: Hope and Gus.
Tim grew up in Nebraska and graduated from Chadron State College with a degree in Social Science in 1989 before going abroad to China to teach English, while Gwen grew up in Minnesota and got degrees from both Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter and Minnesota State University, Mankato. She started teaching English in western Nebraska near Tim’s hometown, which is when they met. They created a summer trip to China for their students, which they continued to do every year until 2003, via Distractify.
In 1994, Tim and Gwen married and raised their two children in Mankato before moving to Saint Paul almost 20 years later.
Gwen taught in private, public, and migrant schools, as well as becoming an administrator and coordinator for Mankato Area Public Schools.
“Gwen knows that a strong public education system, encompassing birth through senior citizens, is critical to empowering every Minnesotan to succeed,” her bio reads.
“Gwen is a passionate advocate for exemplary education in America’s prisons as well. She has worked across the country to bring educational opportunities to incarcerated women and men, or as Gwen notes: students.”
Find out why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz as her VP pick.