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(Photo: AP)
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Age: 58
Born: May 31, 1948, Riverside, Calif.
Education: Western St. University, B.S.L & J.D. 1976
Military: Army, 1969-71
Family: Married (Lynne), two children
Hometown: Alpine, Calif.
Religion: Baptist
Career: Practicing attorney, 1976-80. U.S. Congressman 1980 - present.
On October 30, 2006 Hunter announced that he was forming an exploratory committee for a presidential run in 2008.
Hunter dropped out of college and joined the Army; he was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam.
He attended Western State University Law School on the G.I. Bill
Hunter is an advocate for a strong military and U.S. border security.
He became chairman of the Armed Services Committee in 2003 – a post he will lose in the new Democratic-controlled Congress.
Hunter cosponsored legislation that would build 700 miles of fencing along the country’s border with Mexico. It was signed by President Bush in October 2006.
Hunter's son, Duncan Duane Hunter, a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, has served two tours in Iraq.
Since 1994, Hunter has accepted $40,700 in campaign donations from ADCS, Inc. and its founder, Brent Wilkes -- the same contractor at the center of the Duke Cunningham scandal.
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