 His maternal grandfather, Eugene C. Pulliam, was a wealthy and influential publishing magnate who founded Central Newspapers, Inc., and owned over a dozen major newspapers, such as "The Arizona Republic" and "The Indianapolis Star".James C. Quayle moved his family to Arizona in 1955 to run a branch of the family's publishing empire.After spending much of his youth in Arizona, Quayle returned to his native Indiana and graduated from Huntington North High School in Huntington in 1965.