FACTBOX-Barack Obama, Democratic U.S. presidential candidate
(Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is the Democratic candidate for president in Tuesday's election. Following are some of his biographical details:
Age: 47
Birth date: August 4, 1961
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Education: Columbia University; Harvard Law School
Wife: Michelle Robinson
Children: Two daughters
Religious affiliation: United Church of Christ
Family: Barack Obama was born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and a white American mother. His father, Barack Obama Sr., married his mother, Ann Dunham, while studying at the University of Hawaii. The couple separated two years after Obama was born. His father ultimately returned to Kenya, where he became a noted economist. He died in a car accident in 1982. Continued...
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