Todd Young was born in Indianapolis and served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps before earning a J.D. from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives and was elected to the U.S. House in 2010, representing Indiana's 9th congressional district for three terms. Young was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 and re-elected in 2022, making him Indiana's senior senator.
Young serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. He has been a prominent advocate for technology and innovation policy, co-authoring the CHIPS and Science Act to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Young has also focused on workforce development, trade, and strengthening U.S. alliances abroad.