Fifth-generation Idahoan, raised on family’s working ranch in Washington County; attended Weiser High School; University of Idaho, B.S.; University of Colorado Law School, J.D.; attended Harvard University’s Extension School with GI Bill; U.S. Air Force JAG officer; clerked for the Honorable Jonathan P. Brody, Idaho District Court judge; served in Korea as an adviser to the 51st Fighter Wing on Osan Air Base; appointed to the Air Force’s Special Victims Unit (SVU) and served as a Senior Trial Counsel (STC); appointed Assistant United States Attorney under President Trump’s first administration; currently serving as a prosecutor in the Air Force Reserve; resides on the family ranch; spouse: Mercedes, high school teacher.