Aaron Young

Aaron Jay Young (born November 20, 1963) is an American politician who served as the 51st Vice President of the United States from 2014 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Young served as the U.S. Representative from District 1 from 2009 to 2014, serving briefly as acting speaker during the leave of absence of Jeb Hernandez. During his tenure in the House, he was nominated by President Mike Hodges to serve as Secretary of the Interior, which he accepted. He resigned from this position after just a few months to return to the House. Young was nominated to serve as vice president upon Mike Gravel's ascension to the presidency in October 2014. Upon leaving the office of the Vice Presidency, Young returned to private life but returned to public office after he was nominated by President Isabella Marto to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. In 2020, he decided to return to electoral politics and announced his intention to run for the House seat he had held for nearly six years.