Received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1993 and a J.D. degree cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 1996.
His wife, Jeanette, is a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader and is of Colombian descent.
Born in Miami, to Cuban parents who moved to the U.S. in 1956 as economic migrants.
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate seat vacated by Mel Martinez.
Member of the Florida House of Representatives (January 25, 2001 - January 2, 2009).
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (January 2, 2007 - January 2, 2009).
U.S. Senator (R-Florida) (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2023).
Father of Amanda, Daniella, Anthony and Dominic Rubio.
Father was a banquet bartender and mother was a cashier at K-Mart.
Has three siblings.
Member of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and the U.S Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Was featured in an episode of Finding Your Roots where he was discovered to have Native American ancestry. "One of your great-great-great-grandmothers was a pure Native American," host Henry Louis Gates informed the senator.
U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee acting chairman [2020].