What is Rand Paul?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Rand Paul | image = Rand Paul Official Portrait.jpg | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[Kentucky]] | alongside = [[Mitch McConnell]] | term_start = January 3, 2011 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Jim Bunning]] | successor = | birth_name = Randal Howard Paul | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|01|7}} | birth_place = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | residence = [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]], U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|[[Kelley Paul|Kelley Ashby]]|October 20, 1990}} | parents = [[Ron Paul]]<br />Carol Wells | children = 3 | education = [[Baylor University]]<br />[[Duke University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]) | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | signature = Rand Paul's Signature.svg | website = {{url|paul.senate.gov|Senate website}} }} '''Rand Paul''' (born January 7, 1963) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He is the [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] (serving with former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell). He is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and the son of [[Ron Paul]]. Paul is a member of the [[Tea Party movement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/12/rand-paul-president_n_3582315.html|title=Rand Paul Torn Between Tea Party Fire, White House Dreams|first=Howard|last=Fineman|date=12 July 2013|publisher=|via=Huff Post}}</ref> Paul used to be a doctor. Paul was diagnosed in 2020 with the coronavirus, one of the first senators with it. ==U.S. senator (2011-present)== Paul was sworn in on January 5, 2011, along with his father, who simultaneously served in the House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|last=Douglas|first=William|title=Father watches with pride as Rand Paul becomes U.S. senator|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]]|date=January 5, 20