and returned to Wisconsin in 1997 to work at his family's construction company. He spent five years working for Republicans in Washington, D.C. Ryan, a native of Janesville, Wisconsin, graduated from Miami University in 1992. A member of the Republican Party, he was the vice presidential nominee in the 2012 election running alongside Mitt Romney, but lost to incumbent president Barack Obama and then-vice president Joe Biden. Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is an American retired politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from October 2015 to January 2019.
