Video: 'Al Gore: Mini Biography'

(Wednesday, March 31, 1948) — Al Gore, the 45th Vice President of the United States who served under President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and as the 2000 Democratic nominee, won the presidential popular vote (but narrowly lost the Electoral College), was born Albert Arnold Gore Jr. today in Washington, D.C.

At the time of his birth, Gore’s father, Albert Gore Sr., was serving as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s 4th district.