John McCain | Doug & Andrew

John McCain accomplished a lot in his life, from serving his country as a congressman and a military officer to being an amazing father to his seven children. John married Carol in 1965. Carol was a single mother at the time, with two sons, Doug and Andy, whom John would later adopt. The couple welcomed their first child together within their first year of marriage. Unfortunately, the couple split up in 1980.

McCain’s older child, Doug McCain, was Carol McCain’s first of two sons from her first marriage. Doug, like his father, went on to become a Navy pilot and is now a captain for American Airlines. Andy, Carol’s youngest son, chose to take a direction that was profoundly entwined with his adopted father’s life but in a way that was distinct from his brother’s. Andy began working for Hensley Beer Company after graduating from Vanderbilt with a bachelor’s degree in Arts and an MBA in Mathematics.