Paul Ryan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Personal life== [[File:Speaker Ryan and Family.tif|thumb|300px|Ryan with his wife and family on the Speaker's balcony at the [[U.S. Capitol]], following his election in October 2015]] In December 2000, Ryan married Janna Christine Little<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/us/entry/1774265|title=Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan's Wife, Lobbied For Cigar, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical Industries|date=August 16, 2012|work=The Huffington Post|author=Wilkie, Christina}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> who is a [[Tax law|tax attorney]]. Janna Ryan is a native of [[Madill, Oklahoma]], and a graduate of both [[Wellesley College]] and [[George Washington University Law School]].<ref name="USNews" /><ref name="Auto2A-153" /> The Ryans live in the [[Courthouse Hill Historic District]] of [[Janesville, Wisconsin]].<ref name="semuels" /> They have three children: Elizabeth "Liza" Anne, Charles Wilson, and Samuel Lowery.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 11, 2012|title=Mitt Romney to Announce Vice-President Choice Paul Ryan This Morning at 8:45 ET in Norfolk, VA.|url=http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2012/08/_mitt_romney_to_announce_vicep.html|publisher=Theodore's World}}</ref> Ryan is a member of [[St. John Vianney Catholic Church]] in Janesville.<ref name="Auto2A-156" /> Janna is a cousin of former Democratic Representative [[Dan Boren]] (D-OK).<ref name="Auto2A-154"/> She is also a granddaughter of [[1970 Oklahoma gubernatorial election|Reuel Little]], who helped found the [[American Party (1969)|American Party]] to support the 1968 presidential campaign of [[George Wallace]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=DeMillo|first1=Andrew|date=August 14, 2012|title=Ryan's wife comes from storied Oklahoma Democratic family|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/aug/14/ryans-wife-comes-storied-oklahoma-democratic-famil/|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Steinmetz, Katy|date=August 12, 2012|title=A Brief Introduction to Janna Ryan, Potential Second Lady|url=http://swampland.time.com/2012/08/12/a-brief-introduction-to-janna-ryan-potential-second-lady/|magazine=Time}}</ref> Through his marriage, Ryan is related to [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court justice]] [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]].<ref name="wapo2022-02-25">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Roxanne |author-link1=Roxanne Roberts |title=How Paul Ryan is related to Ketanji Brown Jackson |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/25/paul-ryan-ketanji-brown-jackson/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225220455/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/25/paul-ryan-ketanji-brown-jackson/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to a family history of fatal heart attacks before age 60, Ryan is involved in an intense cross-training fitness program called [[P90X]].<ref name="Auto2A-158">{{cite web |first1=Janice |last1=Lloyd |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-13/paul-ryan-fitness/57039866/1?csp=34news |title=Ryan's fitness regimen is not for the faint of heart |website=USA Today |access-date=August 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819021129/https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-13/paul-ryan-fitness/57039866/1?csp=34news |archive-date=Aug 19, 2012 |date=Aug 13, 2012 }}</ref> He has always been a fitness enthusiast and was a personal trainer after graduating from college. Speaking of P90X he said, "It works because it's called muscle confusion. It hits your body in many different ways. Pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, lots of cardio, karate, jump training. It has results, it works. It's a good workout."<ref name="politicop90x">{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Mike|title=Interview with Paul Ryan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wb374ZdZ2w| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/8wb374ZdZ2w| archive-date=October 30, 2021|website=Politico|publisher=Youtube|access-date=December 9, 2016|date=March 27, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="BIp90x">{{cite web|last1=Spector|first1=Dina|title=Paul Ryan Can Thank This 54-Year-Old Man For His Ripped Body|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-horton-p90x-inventor-paul-ryan-fitness-2012-9|website=Business Insider|access-date=December 9, 2016|date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> In a 2010 [[Politico]] interview he stated that he weighed 163 pounds and maintained his body fat percentage between 6% and 8%. [[Tony Horton (personal trainer)|Tony Horton]], creator of P90X, who has personally trained Ryan many times, reiterated the claim saying, "He is very, very, very lean. I know what 6 to 8 percent body fat looks like, and there's no fat anywhere on the man. I'm around 9 percent and he's much leaner than I am. He's easily 6 to 8 percent body fat. You just have to eat right and exercise every day, and thatβs what he does."<ref name="politicop90x"/><ref name="BIp90x"/><ref name="Slatep90x">{{cite web|last1=Gifford|first1=Bill|title=Paul Ryan, Ubermensch|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/09/paul_ryan_claims_he_has_6_to_8_percent_body_fat_.single.html#prclt-FR9jDk2Z|website=Slate|access-date=December 9, 2016|date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> During a 2012 radio interview, Ryan claimed he had once run a [[marathon]] in under three hours;<ref name="Auto2A-159">{{cite news |title=Paul Ryan Interview |url=http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/3229320e-2c55-4122-93f1-2ebe4fbc8663 |publisher=hughhewitt.com |date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129235533/http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/3229320e-2c55-4122-93f1-2ebe4fbc8663 |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> he later said he forgot his actual time and was just trying to give what he thought was a normal time.<ref name="Auto2A-160">{{cite news |last=Wing |first=Nick |title=Paul Ryan Explains Marathon Time Snafu: I Made Up What I Thought Was 'An Ordinary Time' |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/paul-ryan-marathon-lie_n_1858384.html |access-date=October 23, 2012 |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> His one official marathon time is recorded as slightly over four hours.<ref name="Auto2A-161">{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/02/paul_ryans_marathon_lie/ |title=Paul Ryan's marathon lie |date=September 2, 2012 |work=Salon}}</ref><ref name="Auto2A-162">{{cite news |url=http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/ |title=Paul Ryan Has Not Run Sub-3:00 Marathon |date=August 31, 2012 |work=Runner's World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901181741/http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/ |archive-date=September 1, 2012}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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