Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia (USA) (January 14, 2006 - January 16, 2010).
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (January 21, 2009 - April 5, 2011).
Father of Nat Kaine, Woody Kaine and Annella Kaine.
Member, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
U.S. Senator (D-Virginia) (2013 - present).
On July 22, 2016 he was announced as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate for the 2016 election.
Graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.A. in Economics in 1979 and from Harvard Law School in 1983 with a Juris Doctor and was admitted to the Virginia Bar.
His wife, Anne Holton, is a former Richmond Juvenile Court judge and the daughter of former Virginia governor A. Linwood Holton, Jr.