Midwestern roots? WTF? Ronald Dion DeSantis was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, Florida. His mother's family name, Rogers, was originally Ruggiero before her paternal grandfather changed it after entering the United States. DeSantis is Italian American; all of his great-grandparents were born in Southern Italy.

His paternal grandfather was Daniel DeSantis, born in Beaver, Pennsylvania, to parents Nicola DeSantis and Maria Nolfi, who were born in Cansano, Abruzzo region.

DeSantis' mother was a nurse and his father installed Nielsen TV-rating boxes. His parents met while attending Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, during the 1970s and moved to Florida during that decade.

So he is second generation Italian and was able to afford to attend ivy league schools with no mention of a scholarship anywhere in his bio. Someone must have some whopping student debt to pay off.

He met his wife, Casey Black, on a golf course at the University of North Florida. A former television host for the Golf Channel and WJXT (CNN), she married DeSantis on September 26, 2009, at Walt Disney (Pedo) World. Really?! Who in their right mind gets married at Disney World?