Pat Buchanan

Biography

Patrick Joseph Buchanan was born on November 2, 1938, and served as an assistant and special consultant to U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996, and later ran for president again in 2000 with the Reform Party. As a prominent figure in paleoconservatism, Buchanan's views on nationalism, traditionalism, and non-interventionism have influenced contemporary conservative politics.