FACTBOX-John McCain, Republican U.S. presidential candidate

(Reuters) - U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona is the Republican candidate for U.S. president in the election on Tuesday. Following are some of McCain's biographical details:

Age: 72

Birth date: August 29, 1936

Birthplace: Panama Canal Zone

Education: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis; National War College, Washington, D.C.

Wife: Cindy Lou Hensley

Children: Seven children, four grandchildren

Religious affiliation: Episcopalian

Family: McCain is the son and grandson of Navy admirals. His grandfather, John McCain, commanded a fast carrier task force in the Pacific during World War Two and saw the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. The senator's father, also John McCain, was a submariner in the Pacific during World War Two. He was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam War when the younger McCain was a prisoner of war.