Tyler Clinton has become a household name since his participation at the 2016 Democratic National Convention stirred off a social media firestorm. Hillary and Bill Clinton’s nephews have won hearts worldwide with good looks, budding modelling career, and general charm. On the other hand, Tyler has remained a mystery despite his sudden rise to fame. Indeed, many of his newfound fans are curious about the facts of his life story. If you need to learn more about the charming Clinton, please read on to uncover ten vital facts.
Bill Clinton’s stepbrother Roger Clinton Jr. and his long-time girlfriend Molly Martin have a son, Tyler Clinton, who is their sole child.
While Tyler’s mother, the daughter of a Dallas police officer, was an aspiring singer when she and Roger met at a local racetrack in Arkansas, Tyler’s father was a successful businessman. On March 26, 1994, the pair decided to get married. According to the New York Times, Martin worked at a software business and as a “nice gesture for sitcoms for the television producers and Clinton cronies Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason.”
He was a significant factor in his parents’ decision to get married
When Molly Martin was 25 and eight months pregnant, she married Tyler Clinton in her hometown of Dallas, Texas, in 1994. Bill Clinton did it when it came to handing the rings to the president’s half-brother in New York’s Times Square on Saturday.
While Martin and Tyler’s father knew they would marry one day, according to the New York Times, Tyler’s arrival “sped things up,” as he told a radio station the night before the wedding. Martin was “trying to sort of do the correct thing at the right time, like trial and error,” he said later in a TV interview.
A lovely story surrounds Tyler Clinton’s father, Roger Cassidy Clinton Jr.’s decision to give him the middle name “Cassidy” as a middle name for his son, Tyler Cassidy Clinton. Even though Roger and Molly Martin elected not to know their baby’s sex until they were conceived, Roger knew he would be giving his child his mother’s maiden name, no matter what the sex of their child was. In an interview with the New York Times, he said, “It will be something, Cassidy Clinton.” However, Roger’s choice of a son’s name did not fruition. Austin Cassidy Clinton was the initial choice for the couple’s baby boy’s name.
Politics
At the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Tyler Clinton was a relative unknown who went up to support his aunt, Hillary Clinton, as she became the official Democratic nominee for President. Even as many people tuned in to watch the historic occasion, they couldn’t help but wonder about the gorgeous young man on stage congratulating the likely first female president on her candidacy.
Men and women of all ages expressed their newfound adoration for Tyler, who quickly went viral and nearly broke the Internet. When @RyanLammer tweeted, “The finest part of this Presidency will undoubtedly be @HillaryClinton’s nephew Tyler #TylerClinton #HOLY HELL,” it quickly became a trending topic.