What is Josh Hawley?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Josh Hawley | image = Josh Hawley.jpg | birth_name = Joshua David Hawley | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|31}} | birth_place = [[Springdale, Arkansas]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | death_place = |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Missouri]] |alongside = [[Eric S. Schmitt]] |term_start = January 3, 2019 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Claire McCaskill]] |successor = | office1 = 42nd [[Attorney General of Missouri]] | term_start1 = January 9, 2017 | term_end1 = January 9, 2019 | governor1 = [[Mike Parson]] | predecessor1 = [[Chris Koster]] | successor1 = [[Eric Schmitt]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Erin Morrow | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[Stanford University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Yale University]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} }} '''Joshua David Hawley''' (born December 31, 1979) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He is the senior [[United States Senator]] of [[Missouri]] since January 3, 2019. He was the [[Attorney General of Missouri]] from 2017 to 2019. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He was born in [[Springdale, Arkansas]]. Hawley studied at [[Stanford University]] and at [[Yale University]]. He is a former [[law clerk]] to [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[John Roberts]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]. In October 2017, Hawley announced his candidacy for [[U.S. Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article177949041.html|title=Josh Hawley, with praise from Breitbart, challenging McCaskill for U.S. Senate seat|work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|first=Bryan|last=Lowry|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref> He defeated [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election in November 2018.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/missouri-senate-hawley-defeats-mccaskill Hawley defeats McCaskill in hard-fought Missouri Senate race]</ref> ==Refe