Will Hurd is an American politician – a United States Congressman. He represents Texas’ 23rd congressional district (from San Antonio to El Paso) in the House of Representatives on the Republican Party platform. Hurd, a former CIA agent, was elected to Congress in 2014 and is known for his moderate political views and technical expertise. Learn more about the congressman including his biography, parents, ethnicity and other facts about him.

Will Hurd Bio (Ethnicity)

William Ballard Hurd was born on August 19th , 1977 in San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of an African American father and a Caucasian mother, therefore his ethnicity is African American. Young Hurd grew up in San Antonio and attended various public schools in Texas. For his high school education, he attended John Marshall High School, from which he graduated in 1995. For his college education, the future congressman attended Texas A&M University, where he majored in Computer Science (major) and International Relations (minor). He graduated with a B.Sc. in 2000.

While studying at Texas A&M, Hurd attended a lecture by James Olson, a former CIA agent-turned-professor. Intrigued by what we heard, he joined the CIA with the help of Olson. From 2000 to 2009 he worked as an undercover agent for almost a decade. His work for the agency took him to different parts of the world (including the Middle East and Southeast Asia), where he spent time gathering intelligence, recruiting spies, and gathering secrets. After retiring from the CIA in 2009, Hurd worked for various companies, including a cybersecurity firm (Fusion X) and a strategic consulting firm (Crumpton Group LLC).

Hurd’s political journey began in 2014 when he was elected to represent Texas’ 23rd congressional district on the Republican Party platform. Will Hurd is currently in his 2nd term and has served on various congressional committees. They are the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the Information Technology Subcommittee, the Homeland, Borders and Maritime Security Committee, and the House Permanent Intelligence Committee.

Is he married and who is his wife?

For now, the dashing congressman isn’t married, and as such, there’s no woman in the picture. In terms of girlfriend, there isn’t one either, at least publicly. In 2017, Town and Country Magazine named him one of the top 50 bachelors in the United States. Other personalities that made the list included Spiderman himself, Tobey Maguire, Jack Dorsey (co-founder of Twitter), and Cory Booker (a US Senator representing New Jersey on the Democrat Party platform).