Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig Romney have all stumped for their father, Mitt Romney, at one time or another during his run campaign for the White House. And with the general election having officially begun, the five sons are sure to appear more frequently on the trail.
Besides being relatively attractive and clean-cut clones of each other, what do we know about the Romney sons, really? Find out here in The Daily Caller’s guide to the five brothers Romney:
The Jokester — Taggart Romney, 41:
Tagg is the oldest and funniest Romney son. During the Iowa caucuses in January, Tagg joked with Politico about what the family was going to do on Election Day. “We’re all going to get wasted,” Tagg said.
Stop it, Tagg. You are too much! As you all know, Mormons abstain from alcohol — unless you are Mitt Romney, who once admitted to drinking a beer as a “wayward teenager.” But Tagg still wasn’t done with the jokes: “Unlike my father, I’ve never had a sip of alcohol. Uhh, I probably shouldn’t have said that.” Based purely on this single piece of evidence that Tagg has a sense of humor, we hereby dub him The Jokester.
The Jokester lives outside of Boston with his wife, Jennifer and their three children. He followed in the business footsteps of his father, and is a managing partner at Solamere Capital. Whatever that means.
The Alternative One — Matt Romney, 40:
Like his older brother, Matt also has a devilish sense of humor. At a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. late last year, Matt tried to make a joke about his father not releasing his tax returns by comparing it to Obama’s birth certificate. “I heard someone suggest the other day,” Matt said, “that as soon as President Obama releases his grades and birth certificate … then maybe [Mitt will release his tax returns.]”
This didn’t go over as well as Tagg’s hilarious alcohol joke, so Matt later tweeted, “I repeated a dumb joke. My bad.”
The Senior Vice President of Capital Markets at Excel Trust, Inc. in San Diego also digs “Cake, Ozomatli, The Shins, Iz, White Stripes, Beck, Coldplay, Led Zeppelin, Luna, and Bob Marley” according to his now-defunct MySpace page. For this, we dub him The Alternative One.
The Alt One lives with his wife and three children in California, the state with the highest population of hippies and homosexuals.
The Favorite — Josh Romney, 37:
Although he is the middle son, Josh is no victim of Middle Child Syndrome. In fact, he is probably Mitt and Ann’s favorite son, although they have probably only mentioned this to each other in hushed tones before falling asleep at night.
Josh, who is a real estate developer and lives in Salt Lake City, is a natural campaigner and GOP strategist David Kochel’s pick for the son who is most likely to be a third generation political officeholder. This no doubt makes his father’s heart warm with joy, and so, he shall be known has The Favorite. The Favorite lives with his wife and three children.
The Least Favorite, Ben Romney, 34:
Poor Ben. As the second youngest Romney son, Ben is the only one with blonde hair and the only one who did not follow in his father’s footsteps of becoming a businessman or politician. He wrote on the Romney campaign blog earlier this year, “I’m kind of the oddball of the family, as I’m the only one with blond hair, and the only one who is going into medicine. I also happen to be the least inclined to politics of the brothers. Sure, I’ll follow what’s going on, but I’m not naturally inclined to business or politics really. ”
Ben is a doctor of internal medicine in Boston. He lives with his wife, one dog — and no children! Clearly, Ben is The Least Favorite. The Least Favorite is also the only son who still has an active MySpace page.
The Rebel, Craig Romney, 31:
Not just any Mormon whose father is running for president will pose shirtless and post it on the Internet — but Craig Romney certainly will.
This Devil-may-care attitude paired with his handsome good-looks earned him the moniker, The Rebel. The Rebel is the youngest of the bunch, and lives with his wife and two children in San Diego where he works in real estate.